EchoStar XVI

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

18:30:59

Tuesday November 20, 2012

Mission Details

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EchoStar XVI

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Space Systems/Loral announced in December 2009 that it was selected to provide a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS), EchoStar XVI, to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation. It is planned for launch in 2012. It is a Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) satellite built for EchoStar Corporation. EchoStar XVI will be operated by EchoStar and will be fully leased to DISH Network for use in its Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in the United States. An all Ku-band satellite with 32 high-power transponders, EchoStar XVI will utilize SS/L’s flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus and be located at 61.5° west longitude.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,258 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


68th

Mission

9th

Mission of 2012

2012


68th

Orbital launch attempt