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EchoStar 18 [SSL]
Space Systems/Loral announced in October 2012 that it was selected to provide a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS), EchoStar XVIII, to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation.
EchoStar 18 is a Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) satellite built for EchoStar Corporation. It will replace EchoStar 10 at the 110 West location. EchoStar 18 features an high power multi-spot beam, Ku-band payload with 61 transponders.
It utilizes SS/Ls flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (EchoStar) |
| Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
| Equipment: | High power multi-spot beam, Ku-band payload (61 Ku-band transponders) |
| Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
| Propulsion: | ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 6300 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar 18 | 2016-039A | 18.06.2016 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with BRIsat |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
Further EchoStar missions:
- EchoStar 1, 2 [AS-7000]
- EchoStar 3, 4, 7 [A2100AX]
- EchoStar 5, 6 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 8 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 9 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 10 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 11, 15 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 12 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 13 (CMBStar 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 14 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 16 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 17 (Jupiter 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 18 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 19 (Jupiter 2) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 23 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 25 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 26 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 105 [Eurostar-3000]
- EchoStar G1 (D1) [SSL-1300S]
- EchoStar T1, T2 [SSL-1300S]
- EG 1, 2, 3
- Lyra Block-1 1, 2, 3, 4
