Echostar 1, 2
Echostar 1 [Lockheed]
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: | 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 | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echostar 1 | 28.12.1995 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-2E [EPKM] | ||
| Echostar 2 | 10.09.1996 | 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, 16 (SSL-1300)
- Echostar 12 (A2100AXS)
- Echostar 13 (CMBStar 1) (SSL-1300)
- Echostar 14 (SSL-1300)
