Communications satellite
EchoStar XV is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar . It is positioned in geostationary orbit , and will be located at a longitude of 61.5° West, from where it is intended to provide direct broadcasting of high-definition television services to the continental United States and Puerto Rico for Dish Network .
EchoStar XV was built by Space Systems/Loral , and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus . It is equipped with 32 J band (IEEE Ku band ) transponders , and at launch it had a mass of 5,521 kilograms (12,172 lb). It has a design life of fifteen years,; however, it is carrying enough fuel for around twenty years of operations. It has a common configuration with EchoStar XI and EchoStar XVI .
The launch of EchoStar XV was conducted by International Launch Services , using a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The launch occurred from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , at 18:40 UTC on 10 July 2010. The launch successfully placed EchoStar XV into a geosynchronous transfer orbit . Following separation from the rocket, it manoeuvred into a geostationary orbit with a perigee of 35,781 kilometres (22,233 mi) and an apogee of 35,805 kilometres (22,248 mi).
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"ECHOSTAR 15 Satellite details 2010-034A NORAD 36792" . N2YO . 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.^ "Echostar 15" . SatBeams. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "EchoStar XV Mission Overview" (PDF). International Launch Services. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Briel, Robert (11 July 2010). "Successful launch for Echostar XV" . Broadband TV News. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Krebs, Gunter. "Echostar 11, 15, 16" . Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
Bergin, Chris (10 July 2010). "ILS Proton M successfully launches with EchoStar XV" . NASAspaceflight.com. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
"ECHOSTAR 15 Satellite details" . REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING . N2YO.com. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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