EchoStar 23 [SSL]
Space Systems/Loral announced in April 2014 that it was selected to provide a high power satellite, EchoStar XXIII, to EchoStar Corporation.
EchoStar 23 is a very flexible tri-band satellite capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots. Its communications payload consists of 32 Ku-Band transponders as well Ka- and S-Band payloads. Planned for launch in 2017 it is designed to provide service for 15 years or longer. It will utilize SS/L’s flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus.
EchoStar 23 utilized the long stored bus from the cancelled CMBStar 1 (EchoStar 13) satellite.
The large satellite was launched on an expendable version of the Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) rocket.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (EchoStar) |
Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
Equipment: | Ku-Band transponders |
Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
Propulsion: | ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | ~5600 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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EchoStar 23 | 2017-014A | 16.03.2017 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) |