EchoStar XV

EchoStar 15 is a commercial communications satellite of the American EchoStar Corporation.

History

The appointed in April 2008 satellite was launched on July 10, 2010 at 18:40:36 UTC with a booster rocket, a Proton -M launch the ILS from Baikonur launch site in a geostationary orbit and launched in 1997 to replace the satellite EchoStar 3 there.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 32 Ku- band transponders and will provide the position of 61.5 ° West of the USA with high- definition television programs of the Dish Network Corporation. It was built on the basis of the satellite bus LS -1300 Space Systems / Loral (SSL) and has a design life of 15 years.