| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | DirecTV-8 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | DirecTV, Inc. |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -100.81 |
| Perigee (km) | 35777 |
| Apogee (km) | 35796 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000225350776274121 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3800 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 8200 |
| Date of Launch | 22-05-2005 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton M/Breeze M |
| COSPAR Number | 2005-019A |
| NORAD Number | 28659 |
| Comments | 36 Ku- and Ka-band transponders. |