ECHOSTAR 8

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ECHOSTAR 8 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 27501

Int'l Code: 2002-039A

Perigee: 36,266.4 km

Apogee: 36,324.0 km

Inclination: 7.4 °

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.

1 27501U 02039A   24327.04354990 -.00000034  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 27501   7.4080  67.8047 0006755  64.7553 341.2623  0.98509163 81057

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC