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  Echostar 2 Satellite (at 148 degrees) Fails - Satellite a Total Loss         


Author: Bill R
Date: Jul 16, 2008 06:22

Source:
http://dish.client.shareholder.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=950134-08-12791

Its a good news/ bad news day.

Good news is that Echostar XI reached orbit (it will be tested at 138
degrees and moved to the 110 slot).

Bad news is that the Echostar 2 satellite experienced a substantial
failure on July 14th that appears to have rendered the satellite a total
loss. Echostar had planed on moving Echostar 2 to 77 degrees for use on
their plannned Wesstern Arc (MPEG-4) service (61.5, 72.7, 77 degrees)

From the Echostar 8K Filing:
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  Sea Launch Successfully Delivers EchoStar XI to Orbit         


Author: Bill R
Date: Jul 16, 2008 05:42

Sea Launch Successfully Delivers EchoStar XI to Orbit

Source:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sea-launch-successfully-delivers-echostar/story...

"Sea Launch Company has successfully launched the EchoStar XI broadcast
satellite from its ocean-based platform on the Equator, marking its
fourth successful mission of 2008 and its third mission for DISH Network.

A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 10:21pm PDT on July 15 (5:21 GMT, July
16) from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West
Longitude. One hour later, the Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the
5,511 kg (12,150 lb) EchoStar XI satellite into geosynchronous transfer
orbit, on its way to a final orbital position at 110 degrees West
Longitude. Operators at the Gnangara ground station in Perth, Australia,
acquired the spacecraft's first signals from orbit shortly after
spacecraft separation. All systems performed nominally throughout the
mission."
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Bill R.

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