ArianespaceAriane 42PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Echostar II
Launched
September 11, 1996
Image: NASA
Summary
Echostar II launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on September 11, 1996. It was Arianespace's 90th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,100th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Ariane 42P flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Echostar II, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 237 × 35,759 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 10th Ariane 42P flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 90th launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,100th orbital launch attempt59th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Echostar II · NORAD 24313 · 1996-055 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ECHOSTAR 2
- Object ID
- 1996-055A
- Epoch
- 1996-09-11 14:23:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2821011 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7288234
- Inclination
- 7.006°
- Ascending node
- 167.195°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.171°
- Mean anomaly
- 122.435°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0.000011116
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Echostar II · NORAD 24313
Ariane H10-3 V91 · re-entered April 2, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
American geostationary communications spacecraft
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
65th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 9th this year · 100th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Echostar II launch?
Echostar II launched on September 11, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Echostar II?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Echostar II?
Ariane 42P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42P spec sheet
Where did Echostar II launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Echostar II reach?
Echostar II, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 237 × 35,759 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did Echostar II launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).