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Originally built for PrimeStar, DirecTV acquired the satellite in its 1999 buyout of the company. [36] The satellite was relocated from 119° W to 72.5° W in 2004 and temporarily leased to Telesat for their Canadian BSS service. [37] [38] In July 2005, the satellite replaced DirecTV 6 at 110° W, where it has remained ever since. [21]
A satellite dish is a dish-shaped type of parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit information by radio waves to or from a communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary orbit .
In November 1990, Primestar launched as the first North American direct-broadcast satellite service. Hughes's DirecTV, the first national high-powered upper K u-band satellite TV system, went online in 1994. The DirecTV system became the new delivery vehicle for USSB.
The T14 satellite is the sixth satellite built by SSL (Space Systems/Loral) for operator DirecTV. The high-capacity spacecraft is based on the SSL 1300 platform, T14 is a 20-kilowatt class Ka-band and reverse-band digital broadcast satellite that will be used to deliver Ultra HD and other new consumer services for DirecTV.
The first locals-era DirecTV outdoor antenna was a follow-up generation with a 18x24-inch diameter (46x61 cm) elliptical reflector and three feeds that additionally allowed “multi-sat” reception from DIRECTV satellites at the 119W and 110W positions.
AT&T, which bought DirecTV in 2014, three years ago spun off the satellite TV operator, retaining a 70% stake and private-equity firm TPG Capital holding the remaining 30%.