EchoStar 19
EchoStar 19 | |
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Start date | December 18, 2016 at 19:13 UTC |
Launcher | Atlas V |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
COSPAR-ID : | 2016-079A |
Takeoff mass | 6637 kg |
Empty mass | 3497 kg |
Manufacturer | Space Systems / Loral |
Satellite bus | SSL-1300S |
lifespan | 15 years |
Stabilization | three-axis stabilized |
operator | Hughes Network Systems |
Playback information | |
Transponder | multi-spot Ka-band transponder (> 100) |
Others | |
Electrical power | 16.4 kW (EOL) |
position | |
First position | 97.1 West |
Actual position | 109 ° west |
drive | four SPT-100 plasma thrusters with 83 mN each |
List of geostationary satellites |
EchoStar 19 (EchoStar XIX, Jupiter 2) is a commercial communications satellite owned by Hughes Network Systems , a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation .
It was placed in geostationary orbit on December 18, 2016 at 19:13 UTC by an Atlas V launcher from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's rocket launch site.
The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with multi-spot Ku-band transponders (138 end customer beams and 22 gateway beams) and is supposed to provide broadband internet with a total of 150 GBit / s from position / inclination 97.1 west of North America. It was built on the basis of the SSL-1300S satellite bus from Space Systems / Loral and has a planned service life of 15 years. The contract to build the satellite was signed in March 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c nasaspaceflight.com: Atlas V completes ULA's 2016 with EchoStar XIX launch | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed December 25, 2016
- ↑ a b satbeams.com: SatBeams - Satellite Details - Echostar 19 (Jupiter 2, Spaceway 5, Echostar 97) , accessed December 25, 2016
- ↑ a b c Spaceflight 101: EchoStar 19 - Atlas V - EchoStar 19 , accessed December 25, 2016