EchoStar 1, 2 (original) (raw)
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EchoStar 1 [Lockheed Martin]
EchoStar 1 is an American geostationary communications spacecraft that was launched by a CZ-2E with EPKM upper stage rocket from Xichang Center in Sichuan province, PRC. The 3288 kg spacecraft carries 16 Ku-band transponders to enable direct broadcast communications and television channels through 0.5 meter dishes on the ground in the American continents.
EchoStar 2 is mostly identical to its sister craft.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (EchoStar) |
| Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
| Equipment: | 16 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | AS-7000 |
| Propulsion: | 2 × LEROS-1b |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 3287 kg (#1), 2885 kg (#2) |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar 1 | 1995-073A | 28.12.1995 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-2E [EPKM] | |
| EchoStar 2 | 1996-055A | 11.09.1996 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-42P H10-3 |
Further EchoStar missions:
- EchoStar 1, 2 [AS-7000]
- EchoStar 3, 4, 7 [A2100AX]
- EchoStar 5, 6 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 8 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 9 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 10 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 11, 15 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 12 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 13 (CMBStar 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 14 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 16 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 17 (Jupiter 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 18 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 19 (Jupiter 2) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 23 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 25 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 105 [Eurostar-3000]
- EchoStar G1 (D1) [SSL-1300S]
- EchoStar T1, T2 [SSL-1300S]
- EG 1, 2, 3