Communications
ECHOSTAR 2
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ECHOSTAR 2 is a United States communications satellite, launched on September 11, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 11, 1996 at 12:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Echostar II
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,818 km
- Periapsis
- 35,721 km
- Inclination
- 11.96°
- Orbital period
- 1435.23 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,694.75 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24313
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 20 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational