Echostar 14
Echostar 14 [SSL]
Space Systems/Loral announced in January 2007 that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) for EchoStar Communications Corporation. EchoStar XIV will provide expanded services and flexibility for DISH Network's more than 13 million direct-to-home (DTH) television subscribers.
EchoStar XIV is based on SS/L's LS-1300 platform, which features qualified, flight proven subsystems and a long record of reliable operation. Its high efficiency solar arrays and lightweight batteries are designed to provide uninterrupted electrical power.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (Echostar) |
| Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
| Equipment: | 103 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | LS-1300 |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 6379 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echostar 14 | 20.03.2010 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.3) |
References:
- Space Systems/Loral: EchoStar XIV
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)
