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Echostar 3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:01:00

Sunday October 5, 1997

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Mission Details

Echostar 3

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EchoStar III is a communications satellite operated by EchoStar. Launched in 1997 it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 61.5 degrees west for 12 years.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,674 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Atlas IIAS

Active 1993 to 2004

Lockheed Martin logo

Manufacturer

Lockheed

Rocket

Height: 47.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 8,618 kg

GTO: 3,933 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,957 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

SLC-36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

50 days 6 hours

Stats

Atlas II

31st

Mission

5th

Mission of 1997

1997

61st

Orbital launch attempt