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Echostar VI

successAtlas IIAS | Echostar VI

EchoStar V and VI are series of two high-powered direct broadcast satellites (DBS) being built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for EchoStar Communications Corporation.

Overview

Date / time
July 14, 2000 at 05:21 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 36B
Mission
Echostar VI
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

ECHOSTAR 6
GEO