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EchoStar IV
Retired geostationary communications satellite. EchoStar IV was launched on May 7, 1998 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1998-028ANORAD 25331United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Echostar IV
- Common name
- EchoStar IV
- Payload designation
- Echostar 4
- International designator
- 1998-028A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25331
- GCAT identifier
- S25331
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/344
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Echostar
- Owner
- Echostar
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100AX
Launch
- Date
- May 7, 1998 · 23:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-028Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/23
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,775 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Jul 16, 2011
Size
- Mass
- 3,470 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,580 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327696 (CC0).