EchoStar 23 [SSL]
Official name ECHOSTAR 23
Alternative name Echostar 23
Cospar ID 2017-014A
Norad ID 42070
Launch date 2017-03-16
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2(ex)
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) 35779
Apogee (km) 35795
Eccentricity 0.000223544862659625
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00270870615761
Semi-Major axis (km) 42165.135
Raan (deg) 285.4793
Arg of perigee (deg) 120.0797
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 5600
Height (m) 5.6
Width (m) 2.8
Depth (m) 2.8
Span (m^2) 31
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)
Equipment Ku-Band transponders
Propulsion ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters
Configuration SSL-1300
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Space Systems/Loral announced in April 2014 that it was selected to provide a high power satellite, EchoStar XXIII, to EchoStar Corporation.

EchoStar 23 is a very flexible tri-band satellite capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots. Its communications payload consists of 32 Ku-Band transponders as well Ka- and S-Band payloads. Planned for launch in 2017 it is designed to provide service for 15 years or longer. It will utilize SS/L?s flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus.

EchoStar 23 utilized the long stored bus from the cancelled CMBStar 1 (EchoStar 13) satellite.

The large satellite was launched on an expendable version of the Falcon-9 v1.2(ex) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
ECHOSTAR 23 2017-014A 2017-03-16 AFETR Falcon-9 v1.2(ex)