Echostar 3

 1997-059A

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Echostar Corp's Echostar 3 is an LMT A2100AX series launched by Atlas IIAS in 1997. It is the first satellite to be built at LM Commercial Satellite Center/Sunnyvale. It will be stationed at 61.5W. Mass was 3670 kg. This was the first 2100AX.

Echostar 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Oct 5	2101	Launch by Atlas IIAS AC-135	CC LC36B
	2102	Castor 4A x 2 burn
	2102	Castor 4A x 2 burn, T+0:55
	2102	Castor 4A x 2 sep
	2103	Castor 4A x 2 sep
		T+2:43? Atlas BECO
		T+2:46? Atlas booster sep
		T+3:25? Atlas fairing sep
	2106	T+5:00?? Atlas SECO
	2106	T+5:20?? Centaur AC-146 MES1
	2110?	T+9:40? Centaur MECO	158? x ? x 28.0
	2127	Perigee
	2127?	Centaur burn 2
	2127?	Centaur MECO-2
		Atlas sep
	2129	Centaur sep T+28:38
1997 Oct 5			684.12 165 x 38515 x 25.2
1997 Oct 7	1430?	LAM-1
1997 Oct 7			730.17 2275 x 38688 x 19.1
1997 Oct 8	1300?	LAM-2
1997 Oct 8			817.39 6568 x 38671 x 12.1
1997 Oct 10	2030?	LAM-3
1997 Oct 12			930.79 11741 x 38659 x 7.6
1997 Oct 13	0930?	LAM-4
1997 Oct 14			1507.77 35722 x 38633 x 0.3
1997 Oct 16	0150?	LAM-5
1997 Oct 18			1436.06 35711 x 35859 x 0.0 GEO 62.3W
1997 Nov 6			1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 61.4W
1999 Oct 13			1436.12 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 61.4W
2006 Aug 3			1436.08 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 61.5W

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Horizons 2

 2007-063B

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Horizons 2 Satellite LLC, a subsid of Horizons Satellite Holdings LLC, is a joint venture of JSAT and Intelsat (originally Panamsat), based in the US (incorporated in Delaware?).

Will replace SBS 6 at 74W; Orbital/Dulles Star 2. Launch by Ariane 5GS with medium fairing. RASCOM on an 1194H adapter on Sylda 5E, encapsulating Horizons on a 937VB5 adapter.

Mass 2304 kg launch, 1018 kg dry. 3.94 x 3.29 x 2.30m with 18.05m span.

In late 2011, Horizons 2 was moved to 85E to serve Intelsat's Russian customers.

Horizons 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Dec 21	2141:55	Launch by Ariane 5GS L530	CSG ELA3
		T+2:20 EAP sep
		T+3:20 Fairing sep
	2151:37	T+9:42 EPC MECO	30 x 1730 x 7.3
	2151:43	T+9:48 EPC sep
	2151:50	T+9:55 EPS burn
	2208:25	T+26:30 EPS MECO
	2210:25	T+28:30 RASCOM sep
	2212:35	T+30:40 Sylda 5 sep
	2214:25	T+32:30 Horizons 2 sep
		T+40:30 end of flight V180
2007 Dec 23			638.67 589 x 35786 x 5.5
2007 Dec 23		LAM-1	7674 x 35938 x 2.6
2007 Dec 26		LAM-2	1210.97 26732 x 35779 x 0.5
2007 Dec 27			1432.34 35650 x 35775 x 0.03 GEO 69.8W+0.9E/d
2008 Jan 2		mv in at 67.5W
2008 Jan 5			1436.00 35778 x 35790 x 0.02 GEO 67.5W
2008 Jan 17		mv out
2008 Feb 4			1437.58 35812 x 35818 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W+0.4W/d
2008 Feb 9			1436.11 35785 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W+0.01W/d
2010 May 2			1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2011 Dec 18			1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2011 Dec 23		move out
2012 Jan 24			1418.29 35426 x 35448 x 0.3 GEO 75E+4.5E/d