EchoStar II

failed geostationary communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q18327698
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EchoStar II is a communications satellite[1].

EchoStar II

Summary

EchoStar II is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • EchoStar II's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • EchoStar II's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[4].
  • EchoStar II's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite[5].
  • EchoStar II's operator is recorded as Q1280748[6].
  • EchoStar II's follows is recorded as EchoStar I[7].
  • EchoStar II's followed by is recorded as EchoStar III[8].
  • EchoStar II's manufacturer is recorded as Lockheed Martin[9].
  • EchoStar II's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1996-055A[10].
  • EchoStar II's part of is recorded as EchoStar[11].
  • EchoStar II's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 42P[12].
  • EchoStar II's SCN is recorded as 24313[13].
  • EchoStar II's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • EchoStar II's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[15].
  • EchoStar II's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[16].
  • EchoStar II's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1996-09-11T00:00:00Z[17].
  • EchoStar II's spacecraft bus is recorded as AS-7000[18].
  • EchoStar II's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • EchoStar II's significant event is recorded as failure[20].
  • EchoStar II's space tug is recorded as H10-3[21].
  • EchoStar II's start point is recorded as ELA-2[22].
  • EchoStar II's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2885'}[23].
  • EchoStar II's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b5v9pprn[24].
  • EchoStar II's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "24313"][25].
  • EchoStar II's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1996-055A[26].

Why It Matters

EchoStar II ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . tbs-satellite.com. tbs-satellite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). EchoStar II. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-ii
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_echostar-ii_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{EchoStar II}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-ii}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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