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EchoStar 23
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar 23 | 2017-014A | 16.03.2017 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) |
References:
- Space Systems/Loral: SSL Selected To Provide High-Power Satellite To EchoStar, 30 April 2014
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
