DBS 3

Later renamed Directv 3, also know as Nimiq 3

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General

Designation	23598 / 95029A
Launch date	10 Jun 1995
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Direct TV
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V74

Will be used for power enforcement.

On 4 May 2002, the main SCP died and the control was transfered to the backup one. The satellite will now be used only as a on-orbit backup.

It was removed from service in Oct 2002 and sent to a storage orbit. It was recalled in Sep 2003 and leased to Telesat Canada till 31 Dec 2006 to provide backup of Nimiq 2. There are plans to use it colocated with Nimiq 1 in order to broadcast some channels in high power mode.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 10 Jun 1995	Oct 2002	101°W
Sep 2003	?	81.8°W, inclined
Aug 2004	Feb 2006	91°W
Mar 2006	Apr 2009	82°W
Apr 2009	May 2009	82°W, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	May 2009
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

sat-index articles

Technical data

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

Specifications
Ku-band
Ku-band DBS US frequency chart

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