Communications
ECHOSTAR 1
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ECHOSTAR 1 is a United States communications satellite, launched on December 28, 1995 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 28, 1995 at 11:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 2E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Echostar I
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,175 km
- Periapsis
- 36,157 km
- Inclination
- 8.61°
- Orbital period
- 1455.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,902.87 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1995-073A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23754
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 31.2917 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational