Echostar X NOW IN ORBIT! AND AQUIRED!
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I thought it was cool to get the photo from her when she is out at the Equator, and such a great photo as well.
Again congrats to Echostar and the Sea Launch Team!
GO ECHO 10!
Again congrats to Echostar and the Sea Launch Team!
GO ECHO 10!
Source: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q1/060215c_nr.html
Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 15, 2006 -- Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the EchoStar X communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Early data indicate the spacecraft is in excellent condition.
A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 3:35pm PT (23:35 GMT), from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude. All systems performed nominally throughout the flight. The Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 4,333 kg (9,553 lb.) EchoStar X satellite to GTO, on its way to a final orbital position of 110 degrees West Longitude. A ground station in Uralla, Australia, acquired the first signal from the satellite, as planned.
The EchoStar X satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems in Pennsylvania and then assembled in Sunnyvale, California. The high-power Ku band A2100-AX spacecraft is designed to deliver direct-to-home broadcast services to DISH Network customers throughout the United States. This direct broadcast system is optimized to provide additional bandwidth and, used in conjunction with other EchoStar satellites, EchoStar X will enable the DISH Network to expand its customer services and channel offerings.
Following acquisition of the spacecraft's signal, Jim Maser, president and general manager of Sea Launch, congratulated EchoStar and Lockheed Martin. "This is our second mission with EchoStar and we're very happy to have achieved another mission success for DISH Network with EchoStar X. We want to congratulate EchoStar in their 25 th Anniversary Year and their 10 th year of DISH Network, providing outstanding satellite TV service to households across the United States. We're proud to be a part of these achievements and we look forward to future opportunities to contribute to your success."
"Congratulations also to Lockheed Martin and welcome to the Sea Launch family. This is the first of what we hope will be many launches with a Lockheed Martin spacecraft. I also want to thank the entire Sea Launch team for successfully executing another Sea Launch mission for yet another new spacecraft."
"We are pleased with the success of the launch mission and want to thank Sea Launch and Lockheed Martin for their efforts for launching our satellite," said Rohan Zaveri, vice president of Space Programs for EchoStar. "We look forward to testing and use of the satellite within the next few months."
EchoStar X now joins EchoStar's current fleet of nine satellites that provide DISH Network customers with hundreds of all-digital television channels, including interactive TV services, sports programming, high definition television and international programming. EchoStar Communications Corporation, based in Englewood, Colorado, serves more than 12 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network, the fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services in the past five years.
Sea Launch Company, LLC, headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., is the world's most reliable heavy-lift commercial launch service. This international partnership offers the most direct and cost-effective route to geostationary orbit. With the advantage of a launch site on the Equator, the robust Zenit-3SL rocket can lift a heavier spacecraft mass or provide longer life on orbit, offering best value plus schedule assurance. Sea Launch is building a legacy, with one successful launch, one satisfied customer, at a time. For additional information and images of this successfully completed mission, please visit the Sea Launch website at: www.sea-launch.com
Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 15, 2006 -- Sea Launch Company today successfully delivered the EchoStar X communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). Early data indicate the spacecraft is in excellent condition.
A Zenit-3SL vehicle lifted off at 3:35pm PT (23:35 GMT), from the Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude. All systems performed nominally throughout the flight. The Block DM-SL upper stage inserted the 4,333 kg (9,553 lb.) EchoStar X satellite to GTO, on its way to a final orbital position of 110 degrees West Longitude. A ground station in Uralla, Australia, acquired the first signal from the satellite, as planned.
The EchoStar X satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems in Pennsylvania and then assembled in Sunnyvale, California. The high-power Ku band A2100-AX spacecraft is designed to deliver direct-to-home broadcast services to DISH Network customers throughout the United States. This direct broadcast system is optimized to provide additional bandwidth and, used in conjunction with other EchoStar satellites, EchoStar X will enable the DISH Network to expand its customer services and channel offerings.
Following acquisition of the spacecraft's signal, Jim Maser, president and general manager of Sea Launch, congratulated EchoStar and Lockheed Martin. "This is our second mission with EchoStar and we're very happy to have achieved another mission success for DISH Network with EchoStar X. We want to congratulate EchoStar in their 25 th Anniversary Year and their 10 th year of DISH Network, providing outstanding satellite TV service to households across the United States. We're proud to be a part of these achievements and we look forward to future opportunities to contribute to your success."
"Congratulations also to Lockheed Martin and welcome to the Sea Launch family. This is the first of what we hope will be many launches with a Lockheed Martin spacecraft. I also want to thank the entire Sea Launch team for successfully executing another Sea Launch mission for yet another new spacecraft."
"We are pleased with the success of the launch mission and want to thank Sea Launch and Lockheed Martin for their efforts for launching our satellite," said Rohan Zaveri, vice president of Space Programs for EchoStar. "We look forward to testing and use of the satellite within the next few months."
EchoStar X now joins EchoStar's current fleet of nine satellites that provide DISH Network customers with hundreds of all-digital television channels, including interactive TV services, sports programming, high definition television and international programming. EchoStar Communications Corporation, based in Englewood, Colorado, serves more than 12 million satellite TV customers through its DISH Network, the fastest growing U.S. provider of advanced digital television services in the past five years.
Sea Launch Company, LLC, headquartered in Long Beach, Calif., is the world's most reliable heavy-lift commercial launch service. This international partnership offers the most direct and cost-effective route to geostationary orbit. With the advantage of a launch site on the Equator, the robust Zenit-3SL rocket can lift a heavier spacecraft mass or provide longer life on orbit, offering best value plus schedule assurance. Sea Launch is building a legacy, with one successful launch, one satisfied customer, at a time. For additional information and images of this successfully completed mission, please visit the Sea Launch website at: www.sea-launch.com
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I believe the plans are to shove 105 locals onto this bird along with wing slot locals.. Along with LIL hd as this bird is all spot beams.. That should free up space on 110 that is currently being used for spots to bring some more national hd to us 
goaliebob99 said:I believe the plans are to shove 105 locals onto this bird along with wing slot locals.. Along with LIL hd as this bird is all spot beams.. That should free up space on 110 that is currently being used for spots to bring some more national hd to us
Actually not, E10 needs 10 TPs for its spots. If they turn off E8 they will get 5 TPs from E8, and there are 3 TPs for LIL on conus on 110, plus the olympic feeds. They will still probably lose another TP to E10. There will be no free space on 110 for any more national HD. It will still have to go to 129/61.5
mike123abc said:
I thought E10 was gaining frequency's as the whole reeason directv is biching about interfearance at the tps 30,31,32 is because of e10
Couldn't E* and D* share those TPs using spotbeams as long as they were serving different markets? You would think the FCC would go for that since it would make for more efficient use of the spectrum.
the photo of the E10 launce can be found here:
http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_echostar-x/gallery/es-x-launch-tall.html
http://www.sea-launch.com/mission_echostar-x/gallery/es-x-launch-tall.html
Its a nice picture, I was very surprised and happy to get it from them about an hour after liftoff.
goaliebob99 said:
DIRECTV is complaining because E10 is so powerful in its spot beams that DIRECTV is afraid that their TPs on adjacent (and partially overlapping but opposite polarization) frequencies will be drowned out.
E8 took 5 TP frequencies and got 25 downlinks from them or reused each frequency 5 times. E10 takes 10 TP freqencies and has about 123 downlinks, so they reuse each frequency 12 times. E10 is much better at frequency reuse, but it still takes up 5 more TP frequencies than E8 did.
mike123abc said:
This is why Dish will probably shutdown most if not all the spotbeams on E-7 at 119 W and move CONUS programming from 110 W to 119 W. Dish maybe able to free up some CONUS TPs i.e., 110/119 with E-10 by using 10 TP frequencies for its spotbeams to replace the 13 TP frequencies currently being used at 110/119 for non-distant network SD locals. Remember E-8 uses 8 TP frequencies for non-distant network SD locals including 3 CONUS TPs.
