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ECHOSTAR 2

NORAD 24313 · Payload · In orbit since 1996

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Launched
1996-09-11 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
2,865 kg
Size
2.8 × 2.2 m · 23.8 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,724 × 35,823 km
Inclination
12.0°
Period
1435.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0012
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.