DirecTV 11 Launched, Hooray!
March 20, 2008 by Zach Flauaus
Filed under Electronics
Well, after a long hiatus due to illness on my end (and no, it’s not SxSARS), we are back and going to be blogging again. I am sorry for the delays, but I have been in no shape to do anything productive. Anyways, onto more happy news.
DirecTV’s new satellite, DirecTV 11, has successfully launched and is heading to orbit the Earth in the Northern Hemisphere at 99.2W longitude. The new satellite will allow DirecTV to add more HD capacity for more channels, which I think we can all use, because you can never have too much HD.
DIRECTV 11 is one of three recent Boeing 702-model spacecraft built for DIRECTV and is among the largest and most powerful Ka-band satellites built to date. The on-board technology of this direct-to-home satellite will enable DIRECTV to continue to expand its industry-leading lineup of quality high-definition television (HDTV) programming.
I can say DirecTV seems to be trying to make up for their mistake of last year, not reaching 100 channels (That’s right, I’m not letting them live that one down). We are basically waiting for confirmation from the higher-ups that the signal is coming from the satellite, which will lead to a few weeks of waiting for it to go online. Hooray!
