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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

Last TLE update

23 hours ago

Origin

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, 31 m

Radar Cross Section

40.765 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 23 hours ago

0 ECHOSTAR 18
1 41592U 16039B   25186.25592280 -.00000266  00000-0  00000+0 0  9999
2 41592   0.0027 104.4714 0001745   2.0269 207.7769  1.00271567 33136

Epoch: 2025-07-05T06:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T06:08:31.729Z)

Latitude

-0.00153°

Longitude

-61.35988°

Altitude

35,792.679 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 57m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 06"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.00432°

Longitude

-79.95169°

Altitude

35,793.543 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 02m 45s

Apparent Declination

-5° 59' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:47:39

Azimuth

123.797° SE

Elevation

25.827°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,795.084 km

Perigee altitude

35,780.369 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.863 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

0.0027°

RAAN

104.4714°

Arg. of periapsis

2.0269°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

207.7769°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 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

ECHOSTAR 18 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-07-06 04:50:25.023Z	123.811° SE	2025-07-06 12:13:25.023Z	123.82° SE	23.544°	2025-07-07 04:50:25.023Z	123.817° SE

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