Echostar IX

Success Sea Launch, Zenit 3SL

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The EchoStar IX satellite is equipped with one of the first commercial Ka-band spot-beam payloads for use over the United States

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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MissionCommunications · GSO

Communications · GSO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
GALAXY 23 (G-23) 2003-034A Payload 36144 × 36178 km · 3.5° Globe
BLOCK DM-SL R/B 2003-034B Rocket body 659 × 35833 km · 0.7° Globe

COSPAR ID 2003-034. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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