Echostar 2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:00:00

Wednesday September 11, 1996

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Flight V91.

Wiki

EchoStar 2 is an American geostationary communications spacecraft. The 2886 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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,886 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Ariane 42P

Active 1990 to 2002

Manufacturer

ESA

Rocket

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 58.72m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 2,930 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,334 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

Stats

Ariane 4

62nd

Mission

9th

Mission of 1996

European Space Agency

81st

Mission

9th

Mission of 1996

1996

59th

Orbital launch attempt