DIRECTV satellite launched

DIRECTV-4S, a satellite built by Boeing Satellite Systems for DIRECTV, was successfully launched at 4:35 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Nov. 26 by an Ariane 44LP booster from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite's first signals were received about four hours after launch at the...

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