Echostar 10
Echostar 10 [Lockheed Martin]
The EchoStar 10 satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems in Pennsylvania and then assembled in Sunnyvale, California. The high-power Ku-band A2100AXS spacecraft is designed to deliver direct-to-home broadcast services to DISH Network customers throughout the United States. EchoStar 10 was launched on a Zenit-3SL (2) in February 2006. The satellite is equipped with Ku-band transponders and provide direct-to-home television services at 110 degrees west longitude, backing up other EchoStar satellites in the vicinity.
EchoStar 10 will operate from 110 degrees west and is designed for a minimum service life of 15 years.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (Echostar) |
| Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
| Equipment: | 42 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | A2100AXS |
| Propulsion: | LEROS-1C |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 4333 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echostar 10 | 15.02.2006 | SL | Zenit-3SL (1) |
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 G1 (D1) (LS-1300S)
- Echostar T1, T2 (LS-1300S)
