Communications
ECHOSTAR 23
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ECHOSTAR 23 is a Echostar Satellite Services, LLC communications satellite, launched on March 16, 2017 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 16, 2017 at 06:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Echostar 23
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,779 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Echostar Satellite Services, LLC
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,600 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-014A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42070
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 13.1623 m²
- Status
- Operational