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ECHOSTAR 17

NORAD 38551 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-07-05 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
6,100 kg
Size
8 × 3.1 m · 26.1 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,778 × 35,795 km
Inclination
0.0°
Period
1435.7 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.