NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Echostar 3

Launch Time
Sun Oct 05, 1997 21:01 UTC

Rocket

Atlas IIAS
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
ILS
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,957 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,618 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,933 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 47.5 m

Mission Details

Echostar 3

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,674.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1997

61st orbital launch attempt

Atlas II

31st mission
5th mission of 1997
31st successful mission