Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Echostar V
Launched
September 23, 1999
Summary
Echostar V launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 23, 1999. It was Lockheed Martin's 43rd launch, 5th this year and humanity's 4,341st orbital launch attempt. It was the 17th Atlas IIAS flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Echostar V, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 141 × 45,592 km orbit inclined 26.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIAS · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 17th Atlas IIAS flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Martin's 43rd launch5th this yearhumanity's 4,341st orbital launch attempt52nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Echostar V · NORAD 25913 · 1999-050 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ECHOSTAR 5
- Object ID
- 1999-050A
- Epoch
- 1999-09-23 00:10:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.73654295 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7772666
- Inclination
- 26.7845°
- Ascending node
- 275.9988°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.0844°
- Mean anomaly
- 196.5478°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Echostar V · NORAD 25913
Centaur AC-155 · re-entered November 30, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
EchoStar V and VI are series of two high-powered direct broadcast satellites (DBS) being built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for EchoStar Communications Corporation.
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
56th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 3rd this year · 570th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
163 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Echostar V launch?
Echostar V launched on September 23, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Echostar V?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Echostar V?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did Echostar V launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Echostar V reach?
Echostar V, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 141 × 45,592 km orbit inclined 26.8°.
How many satellites did Echostar V launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).