Communications
ECHOSTAR 6
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ECHOSTAR 6 is a United States communications satellite, launched on July 14, 2000 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 14, 2000 at 05:21 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas IIAS →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Echostar VI
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,227 km
- Periapsis
- 36,187 km
- Inclination
- 10.85°
- Orbital period
- 1457.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 3,700 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-038A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26402
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 21.5733 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational