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Construction of the first two satellites dubbed Spaceway 1 and Spaceway 2 has been under way for a few years. They will be launched early next year with programming being offered to consumers by midyear. The two Boeing-built satellites can carry 500 local HD channels and cost DirecTV about 250 million apiece to build launch and insure.
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