Friday, February 15, 2019

Echostar 1

 1995-073A


The second AS7000 launched from China in quick succession, Echostar 1 was a direct broadcast TV satellite for Echostar Satellite Corp., a subsidiary of Echosphere Corp of Denver, Colorado. In 1998 the FCC ordered Echostar 1 and 2 to be moved to their legally allocated positions of 118.8W and 119.2W. In 2009 Echostar 1 was moved to 77W to provied QuetzSat service for Mexico. It was retired in 2018.

The satellite had a launch mass of 3287 kg and carried dual Leros engines.


Echostar 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Dec 28  1150  Launch by CZ-2E  XSC 
  T+2:05 Booster CO 
  T+2:07 Booster sep 
  T+2:39 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+2:40 Stage 1 sep 
  T+3:20 Fairing sep
  T+7:40 Stage 2 MECO 
 1159 T+9:33 Stage 2 VECO 
 1200 T+10:00? Stage 2 sep 
 1344 PKM burn over 155E 0N 
 1345 burnout 
 1345? PKM sep 
1995 Dec 28    617.97 228 x 35080 x 24.4 
1996 Jan 2  1200?  LAM burn  
1996 Jan 2    980.57 17561 x 35071 x 5.1 
1996 Jan 4  1500? LAM-2 burn 
1996 Jan 4    1105.37 22970 x 35100 x 3.1 
1996 Jan 6?  LAM-3 burn 
1996 Jan 22    1436.16 35765 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 119.1W+0.01W 
1996 Mar 23    1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W 
1999 Oct 16    1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 119.2W 
2000 Oct   mv out 119W 
2000 Dec   mv in 148W 
2001 Jun 3    1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 148.0W 
2006 Aug 4    1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 148.0W 
2009 Jun 29    1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 148.1W 

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