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Echostar 18
Echostar 18 was launched on June 18, 2016 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-039BNORAD 41592United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Echostar XVIII
- Common name
- Echostar 18
- Payload designation
- Echostar 18
- International designator
- 2016-039B
- NORAD catalog number
- 41592
- GCAT identifier
- S41592
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/801
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Echostar
- Owner
- Dish Network
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- SSL-1300
Launch
- Date
- June 18, 2016 · 21:38 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-039Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 24, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,300 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 5.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 31.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20053769 (CC0).