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EchoStar XXIII
Commercial communications satellite for EchoStar Corporation. EchoStar XXIII was launched on March 16, 2017 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (July 2019).
COSPAR 2017-014ANORAD 42070United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Echostar 23
- Common name
- EchoStar XXIII
- International designator
- 2017-014A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42070
- GCAT identifier
- S42070
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/803
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Echostar
- Owner
- Echostar
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- SSL-1300
Launch
- Date
- March 16, 2017 · 06:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-014Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,778 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2019
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,600 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 5.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 31.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18470379 (CC0).