Spaceway-2
Spaceway-2 is part of AT&T's constellation of direct broadcast satellites. The satellite was launched via an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 16 November 2005. Its operational position is in geosynchronous orbit above the equator at 99.2° West longitude. Spaceway-2 is a Boeing 702-model satellite with a 12-year life expectancy. It is expected to support high-definition television to DirecTV customers with its Ka-band communications payload. Although Spaceway-2 was originally built by Boeing to be used for broadband Internet access via Hughes Network Systems, it has been retrofitted to deliver HD local channels (NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox) to numerous markets nationwide.

On 19 April 2006, the satellite was delivered to DirecTV's control after successful on-orbit testing. Spaceway-2 immediately started broadcasting HD locals to DirecTV customers in eight more markets: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Sacramento and San Diego, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Nashville, Tennessee; Kansas City, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; and Birmingham, Alabama. Satellites named T10 (launched in 2007) and T11 (launched in 2008), constructed by Boeing, also for use in high-definition television, are bent-pipe Ka-band satellites instead of regenerative satellites, and are being used to continue the expansion of DirecTV's HD services.

Spaceway-2 was originally envisioned as a global Ka-band communications system.

Boeing retrofitted the Spaceway-2 satellite for bent-pipe Ka-band communications for use in high-definition television and disabled the regenerative on-board processing of the original system that was to be used for the Spaceway broadband satellite communications.

T11 is co-located with Spaceway-2 satellites in order to use the 500 MHz of unused spectrum for HDTV broadcasting. This spectrum was originally intended for the broadband internet capabilities of the two Spaceway satellites which were disabled by Hughes Network Systems at the request of DirecTV.
Q35476
AT&T
ORG
Q309867
Arianespace
ORG
Q18532
Ariane 5 ECA
Concept
Q273312
Kourou
LOC
Q3769
French Guiana
LOC
Q890161
Boeing 702
MISC
Q188419
life expectancy
Concept
Q133454
high-definition television
Concept
Q1056839
DirecTV
ORG
Q967772
Ka-band
UNK
Q1472399
broadband Internet access
Concept
Q282161
Hughes Network Systems
ORG
Q13974
NBC
ORG
Q169889
ABC
MEDIA
Q43380
CBS
ORG
Q166419
Fox
ORG
Q36091
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Q18013
Sacramento
LOC
Q16552
San Diego, California
LOC
Q1342
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LOC
Q23197
Nashville, Tennessee
LOC
Q41819
Kansas City, Missouri
LOC
Q16567
Columbus, Ohio
LOC
Q79867
Birmingham, Alabama
LOC
Q1227406
T10
MISC
Q1227405
T11
MISC
Q133454
high-definition television
Concept
Q1748871
Spaceway
UNK
Q1227405
T11
MISC
Q282161
Hughes Network Systems
ORG
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
Q7572746
Spaceway-2
MISC
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item operated
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