Echostar 3

completedLaunch 1997-059

Launched 10/5/1997HEOService CSat GTO O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

Echostar III

retired

Communications

GEO

EchoStar GEO fleet

Launch Details

Launch Date: 10/5/1997
Launch ID: 1997-059
Launch Profile: Sat GTO O
Service Type: C
Orbit: HEO

Launch Stack

Operator: Lockheed Martin
Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Constellations: 1
Payload Status: retired 1
Payload Mission Types: Communications 1

Track

Mentions

1

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

EchoStar briefly lost control of the 20-year-old EchoStar-3 satellite in 2017, creating a collision risk for the Bolivian Space Agency’s nearby Tupak Katari-1 satellite.

GeneralValue 3.0Jan 24, 2020Boeing says Spaceway-1 battery failure has low risk of repeating on similar satellites