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Echostar I

Long March 2E

China Aerospace Corporation

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Echostar I

Type: Communications

EchoStar 1 is an American geostationary communications spacecraft that was launched by a CZ-2E with EPKM upper stage rocket from Xichang Center in Sichuan province, PRC. The 3288 kg spacecraft carries 16 Ku-band transponders to enable direct broadcast communications and television channels through 0.5 meter dishes on the ground in the American continents.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China

195 rockets have launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Agency

China Aerospace Corporation – CASC

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: CASC
  • Country: CHN
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