DirecTV 11 satellite set to launch in March?
by Darren Murph 
posted Jan 16th 2008 at 8:50PM
If the successful launch of the Thuraya-3 mobile communications satellite -- combined with Earl Bonovich's expertise -- is any indication of the future, we'd say the DirecTV 11 has a decent shot of lifting off in March. Apparently, the aforementioned bird was the only one left to be launched before the D11 was given its turn, and sure enough, Sea Launch has just recently issued a release confirming that the Thuraya-3 has found its way into orbit. Of course, we won't see any new channels for awhile even after it goes galactic, but folks over at DBSTalk are already placing wagers as to the when D11 will head for the stars. Gear up, DirecTV users -- it seems that even more programming (or at least broader coverage) is coming soon(ish).Read - DBSTalk: Q1 D11 launch
Read - Sea Launch Delivers Thuraya-3 Satellite to Orbit
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EEL @ Jan 17th 2008 2:03AM
Just as long as we get the rest of those 150 channels that they promised this time last year, it will be all good.
Adam @ Jan 17th 2008 8:19AM
Even if it launches in 2 months, it will probably be another 6 before we get more channels. I seem to remember D10 was up for quite a while before we got the flood of new HD channels.
The Fuzz 53 @ Jan 17th 2008 9:12AM
The last satellite launched in July and we started getting new stuff in September, didn't we?