EchoStar V was a
communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral based in Palo Alto, CA and operated by
EchoStar
EchoStar Corporation is an American company, a worldwide provider of satellite communication and Internet services through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. EchoStar is based out of unincorporated Arapa ...
. Launched in 1999 it was operated in
geostationary orbit
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at a longitude of 148 degrees west. EchoStar V was used for direct-to-home television broadcasting services.
Satellite
The launch of EchoStar V made use of an
Atlas rocket flying from
Launch Complex 36 at the
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States. The launch took place at 06:02 UTC on September 23, 1999, with the spacecraft entering a
geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Specifications
* Launch mass:
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Power: 2 deployable
solar arrays,
batteries
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* Stabilization: 3-axis
* Longitude: 148° West
See also
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1999 in spaceflight
The table below shows 208 satellite launches were made in 1999. 81 ''(39%)'' of these launches were communications satellites.
Launches
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References
Spacecraft launched in 1999
Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
Satellites using the SSL 1300 bus
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