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EchoStar XII
Retired geostationary communications satellite. EchoStar XII was launched on July 17, 2003 aboard a Atlas V 521 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (March 2006).
COSPAR 2003-033ANORAD 27852United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Rainbow 1
- Common name
- EchoStar XII
- International designator
- 2003-033A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27852
- GCAT identifier
- S27852
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/437
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Cablevision
- Owner
- Rainbow
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems/Sunnyvale
- Platform (bus)
- A2100
Launch
- Date
- July 17, 2003 · 23:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-033Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 521
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- March 2006
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Oct 24, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 4,328 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.60 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7284556 (CC0).