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Company. Country: US. Appears in GCAT, USAspending.gov.
Also recorded as: DIRECTV, LLC
Compiled Nov 11, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space awards in our procurement watch
2 awards, $43K obligated
Awarded Sep 11, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026; most from DHS (1 award)
Counts awards our procurement watch admitted as space work (the space filter is published on the procurement page). Obligated dollars, not ceilings.
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Latest award Nov 2, 2026
Latest space award
$17K from Department of Justice
FCC LOMPOC SATELLITE TV SERVICES FOR FY27 "EI 14398"
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Nov 2, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
5 in orbit of 17 launched
Latest: Sky Mexico-1
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes DTV, SKYB, SKYM. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch May 27, 2015
Department of Justice
1 space award, $17K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Nov 2, 2026
Department of Homeland Security
1 space award, $26K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Sep 11, 2026
Orbital ATK Space Systems Group (SSG)
Built one of its satellites (latest Sky Mexico-1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, May 27, 2015
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, November 11). DirecTV: Organisation dossier [Data set]. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/organizations/directv
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "DirecTV: Organisation dossier." Data as of November 11, 2026. Accessed November 11, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/organizations/directv.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_directv_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{DirecTV}: Organisation dossier},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/organizations/directv}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/organizations/directv},
urldate = {2026-11-11},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11; each fact links its primary source}
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SS/Loral (MDA)
Built 2 of its satellites (latest DirecTV 14)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 6, 2014
Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
Built 6 of its satellites (latest DirecTV 12)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 29, 2009
SS/Loral
Built 4 of its satellites (latest DirecTV 9S)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 13, 2006
Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
Built 4 of its satellites (latest DirecTV 1R)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 10, 1999