ECHOSTAR 8

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ECHOSTAR 8 is classified as:

• Geostationary
• TV

NORAD ID: 27501
Int'l Code: 2002-039A
Perigee: 36,250.3 km
Apogee: 36,341.2 km
Inclination: 2.4 °
Period: 1,461.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 42666 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.

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1 27501U 02039A   19079.61059632 -.00000007 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9995
2 27501 002.4292 083.9149 0010656 316.9251 229.6915 00.98507341025991

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC