Echostar I Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
28 Dec 1995, 11:50am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Echostar I
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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