Official name BRISAT
Alternative name BRISat
Cospar ID 2016-039A
Norad ID 41591
Launch date 2016-06-18
Launch site FRGUI
Launch vehicle Ariane-5ECA
Country/Organization USA
Type application Communication (Direct Broadcasting)
Operator Dish Network Corporation (EchoStar)
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.11
Inclination (deg) 0.02
Perigee (km) 35778
Apogee (km) 35795
Eccentricity 0.000237519735095637
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00270870615761
Semi-Major axis (km) 42164.635
Raan (deg) 285.9761
Arg of perigee (deg) 114.1239
Shape Box + 2 Pan + 1 Dish
Mass (kg) 3540
Height (m) 3
Width (m) 2.8
Depth (m) 2.8
Span (m^2) 31
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)
Equipment High power multi-spot beam, Ku-band payload (61 Ku-band transponders)
Propulsion ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters
Configuration SSL-1300
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Space Systems/Loral announced in October 2012 that it was selected to provide a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS), EchoStar XVIII, to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation.

EchoStar 18 is a Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) satellite built for EchoStar Corporation. It will replace EchoStar 10 at the 110° West location. EchoStar 18 features an high power multi-spot beam, Ku-band payload with 61 transponders.

It utilizes SS/L?s flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
BRISAT 2016-039A 2016-06-18 FRGUI Ariane-5ECA with BRIsat