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ECHOSTAR 21

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ECHOSTAR 21 is classified as:


NORAD ID: 42749
Int'l Code: 2017-032A
Perigee: 35,784.4 km
Apogee: 35,804.2 km
Inclination: 2.3 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
RCS: Unknown
Launch date: June 8, 2017
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

ECHOSTAR 21, formerly known as TerreStar 2, is a communications satellite under commercial operation by the EchoStar Corporation, hosting an S-Band payload operating in the previously unavailable 2 GHz band to deliver mobile connectivity throughout Europe. Built by Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, California, the ECHOSTAR 21 satellite weighed around 15,200 pounds (6.9 metric tons) at liftoff, making it one of the most massive commercial communications craft ever launched, and the heaviest commercial payload ever flown on a Proton rocket. ECHOSTAR 21 will enter service in geostationary orbit at 10.25 degrees east longitude.
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NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog

Two Line Element Set (TLE): 
1 42749U 17032A   24340.09213883  .00000085  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 42749   2.2550 325.3599 0002340 265.9300 246.5504  1.00269845 27518
Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC