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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A new satellite that will help give DirecTV hundreds of high-definition channels was launched Wednesday from an oceangoing platform in the equatorial Pacific, Sea Launch Co. said.
The Boeing-built DirecTV 11 satellite will join another already in orbit to create a capacity of 150 national high-definition channels and 1,500 local high-definition channels, Sea Launch said.
The satellite lifted off at 3:48 p.m. PDT and later successfully separated from the Zenit-3SL rocket's second stage, spokeswoman Paula Korn said in a Webcast of the launch.
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