A spacecraft control processor (SCP) aboard the DBS-1 satellite failed on 4 July 1998. As designed, control of the satellite was automatically switched to the spare SCP and the spacecraft is operating normally.
DBS was replaced with DBS-1R, launched in October 1999.
DirecTV relocated DBS 1 from 101 to 110 degrees West, using the satellite for
a package of services targeted to the U.S. Spanish-speaking population. In 2003,
it was relocated to 101 degrees West in order to replace DirecTV 3.