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ECHOSTAR 18, 41592

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ECHOSTAR 18, 41592 is a payload satellite owned by Dish Network (US) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 18 Jun 2016 UTC via an ARIANE 5ECA launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

41592, 2016-039B

Orbit

GEO

Country

Related business

Echostar Corp (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

SSL-1300, R-4D-15-300

Mass

6,300 kg wet, ~3,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-06-18 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5ECA

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 15.5 m

Radar Cross Section

40.765 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ECHOSTAR 18
1 41592U 16039B   25310.41387219  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 41592   0.0125 283.8955 0001888 314.9273 254.6773  1.00269141 34392

Epoch: 2025-11-06T09:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-06T09:55:58.557Z)

Latitude

-0.02136°

Longitude

-61.42321°

Altitude

35,788.932 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 53m 46s

True Declination

0° 01' 17"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

05:53:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,796.368 km

Perigee altitude

35,780.446 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.544 km

Eccentricity

0.00019

Inclination

0.0125°

RAAN

283.8955°

Arg. of periapsis

314.9273°

True anomaly

254.65644°

Mean anomaly

254.6773°

Eccentric anomaly

254.66687°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.19 mins

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Other satellites on launch #39 in the year 2016 (2016-06-18 UTC)

BRISAT, 41591

ARIANE 5 R/B, 41593

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 41594

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ECHOSTAR 18 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-11-07 09:46:27.481Z	123.89° SE	2025-11-08 04:57:27.481Z	123.847° SE	23.58°	2025-11-08 09:46:27.481Z	123.895° SE

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ECHOSTAR 18, 41592

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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