LaunchesEchostar III
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Echostar III
Atlas IIAS · Communications
1997Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
EchoStar 3 was originaly ordered as DBSC 1 by DBSC (Direct Broadcast Satellite Corporation) which merged with a subsidiary of EchoStar in late 1995. The merger was approved by the FCC in August 1996. EchoStar is only authorized to operate 11 transponders from 61.5°W but was granted in Mar 1998 a special authorization to use the full frequency space at that location.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2