Direct TV Will Launch a Key New Spacecraft on Zenit

DirecTV has signed with Sea Launch for a Zenit-3SL launch of a Boeing 702 satellite in early 2007, plus another on option. The contract--Sea Launch's seventh of the year--will cover one of three 6-metric-ton 702s currently under construction for DirecTV. The company's 9S, intended to operate from...

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