Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Echostar VI
Launched
July 14, 2000
Summary
Echostar VI launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 14, 2000. It was Lockheed Martin's 52nd launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,407th orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Atlas IIAS flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Echostar VI, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 185 × 38,048 km orbit inclined 26.3°. 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
- 20th Atlas IIAS flight · 2nd this yearLockheed Martin's 52nd launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,407th orbital launch attempt40th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Echostar VI · NORAD 26402 · 2000-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ECHOSTAR 6
- Object ID
- 2000-038A
- Epoch
- 2000-07-14 08:59:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.1335887 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7427575
- Inclination
- 26.3276°
- Ascending node
- 196.7012°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.0043°
- Mean anomaly
- 102.7975°
- 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; 1 still in orbit
- Echostar VI · NORAD 26402 · in orbit
Centaur AC-161 · re-entered October 1, 2000
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 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
68th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 3rd this year · 581st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
50 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Echostar VI launch?
Echostar VI launched on July 14, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Echostar VI?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Echostar VI?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did Echostar VI launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Echostar VI reach?
Echostar VI, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 185 × 38,048 km orbit inclined 26.3°.
How many satellites did Echostar VI launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).