ECHOSTAR 8

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ECHOSTAR 8 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 27501

Int'l Code: 2002-039A

Perigee: 36,240.1 km

Apogee: 36,348.6 km

Inclination: 6.9 °

Period: 1,461.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 42665 km

RCS: 12.6191 m² (large)

Launch date: August 22, 2002
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Echostar 8 is an American geostationary communication spacecraft that was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 05:15 UT on 22 August 2002. The 4.7 tonne satellite will provide digital TV broadcast to North America through its 16 "spot beam" and 41 transponders in the Ku-band after parking over 110 deg-W longitude.

1 27501U 02039A   24138.68243755 -.00000224  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 27501   6.9412  69.6754 0012716  21.6782 182.0396  0.98512256 44565

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC