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EchoStar VII
Retired geostationary communications satellite. EchoStar VII was launched on February 21, 2002 aboard a Atlas 3B from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jan 1, 2008).
COSPAR 2002-006ANORAD 27378United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Echostar VII
- Common name
- EchoStar VII
- Payload designation
- Echostar 7
- International designator
- 2002-006A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27378
- GCAT identifier
- S27378
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/412
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
- February 21, 2002 · 12:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-006Success
- Rocket
- Atlas 3B
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 1, 2008
- Last known active
- Mar 17, 2022
- End of operations
- Mar 17, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 4,026 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 24.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327694 (CC0).