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Echostar V

successAtlas IIAS | Echostar V

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
September 23, 1999 at 06:02 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 36A
Mission
Echostar V
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

ECHOSTAR 5
GEO