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Echostar 4
deorbited
Identification
Position
77° W (86.3° E)
NORAD / COSPAR
25331 / 1998-028A
Operator
EchoStar Corporation
Orbit
GEO
Call sign
S2621
Hardware
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin
Model
A2100AX
Mass
3478 kg
Dry mass
1400 kg
Launch
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Proton K
Beacons
12200.5
12202.5
12698.5
Comment
32 Ku-band transponders to provide direct-to-home voice and video communications to CONUS and Mexico
Lifetime
07 May 1998
Launched
15 yr
Design life
28.2 yr
Elapsed
Expired
Remaining
May 2013
End of life
Satellite is deorbited
