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EchoStar III

retired geostationary communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q18327697

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
communications satellite, geostationary satellite, derelict spacecraft[3][4]
Country
United States[2]
Follows
EchoStar II[6]
Followed by
EchoStar IV[7]
Launch date
1997-10-05
Part of
EchoStar[9]
Country of origin
United States[11]
Launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin[8]
Mass
3,675 kg, 1,700 kg, 1,325 kg[19][20][21]
Operator
EchoStar[5]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[12]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Significant event
rocket launch, spacecraft decommissioning[16][17]
Space launch vehicle
Atlas IIAS[10]
Spacecraft bus
LM 2100[15]
Start point
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36[18]
Type of orbit
geostationary orbit[13]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
October 5, 1997[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en DBSC-1 en EchoStar 3 en EchoStar III
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
1997-059A
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11b5v50sjj
NSSDCA ID
1997-059A
SCN
25004
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "25004"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
communications satellite, derelict spacecraft, geostationary satellite
Belongs to 1
EchoStar
Country 1
United States
Country of origin 1
United States
Followed by 1
EchoStar IV
Followed by (predecessor) 1
EchoStar IV
Follows 1
EchoStar II
Manufacturer 1
Lockheed Martin
Part of 1
EchoStar
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Preceded by (successor) 1
EchoStar II
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Atlas IIAS
Spacecraft bus 1
LM 2100
Start point 1
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
Type of orbit 1
geostationary orbit
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Summary

EchoStar III is a communications satellite[1].

Related Entities

Atlas IIAS communications satellite derelict spacecraft EchoStar EchoStar II EchoStar IV geostationary satellite LM 2100 Lockheed Martin United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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