Communications
ECHOSTAR 12 (RAINBOW 1)
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ECHOSTAR 12 (RAINBOW 1) is a United States communications satellite, launched on July 17, 2003 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 17, 2003 at 11:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 521 →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Rainbow 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,211 km
- Periapsis
- 36,151 km
- Inclination
- 6.25°
- Orbital period
- 1456.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 4,328 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-033A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27852
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 10 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational