Lockheed Martin

Echostar V

Atlas IIAS

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, September 23, 1999 · 06:02 UTC

Mission

/01

EchoStar V and VI are series of two high-powered direct broadcast satellites (DBS) being built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for EchoStar Communications Corporation.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas IIAS

Variant: IIAS

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

56

Pad Launches

570

Location Launches

43

Agency Launches

52

Orbital This Year

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