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Lockheed MartinAtlas IIIBLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Echostar VII
Launched
February 21, 2002
Summary
Echostar VII launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIIB from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 21, 2002. It was Lockheed Martin's 60th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,517th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas IIIB flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Echostar VII, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 57,008 km orbit inclined 22.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIIB · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas IIIB flightLockheed Martin's 60th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,517th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Echostar VII · NORAD 27378 · 2002-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ECHOSTAR 7
- Object ID
- 2002-006A
- Epoch
- 2002-02-21 04:52:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.32615755 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8111
- Inclination
- 22.5922°
- Ascending node
- 164.8149°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.096°
- Mean anomaly
- 196.0425°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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 VII · NORAD 27378
Centaur AC-204 · re-entered September 24, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
EchoStar 7 is a high-powered, direct broadcast satellite
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71st launch from Launch Complex 36B, 1st this year · 598th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
133 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Echostar VII launch?
Echostar VII launched on February 21, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Echostar VII?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Echostar VII?
Atlas IIIB, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIIB spec sheet
Where did Echostar VII launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Echostar VII reach?
Echostar VII, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 240 × 57,008 km orbit inclined 22.6°.
How many satellites did Echostar VII launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).