| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | DirecTV-9S |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | DirecTV, Inc. |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -101.08 |
| Perigee (km) | 35774 |
| Apogee (km) | 35798 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000284656988329063 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.03 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 5500 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2364 |
| Power (watts) | 13900 |
| Date of Launch | 13-10-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-043A |
| NORAD Number | 29494 |
| Comments | 52 Ku-band and 2 Ka-band transponders; direct-to-home, voice, video and internet. |