EchoStar IV

retired geostationary communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q18327696
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

EchoStar IV is a communications satellite [1] built for the United States [1]. It operates as part of the nation's satellite infrastructure.

EchoStar IV

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • EchoStar IV is in the country of United States[3].
  • EchoStar IV's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
  • EchoStar IV's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[5].
  • EchoStar IV's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite[6].
  • EchoStar IV's operator is recorded as Q1280748[7].
  • EchoStar IV's follows is recorded as EchoStar III[8].
  • EchoStar IV's followed by is recorded as Ciel-1[9].
  • EchoStar IV's manufacturer is recorded as Lockheed Martin[10].
  • EchoStar IV's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1998-028A[11].
  • EchoStar IV's part of is recorded as EchoStar[12].
  • EchoStar IV's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K[13].
  • EchoStar IV's SCN is recorded as 25331[14].
  • EchoStar IV's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • EchoStar IV's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[16].
  • EchoStar IV's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[17].
  • EchoStar IV's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1998-05-07T00:00:00Z[18].
  • EchoStar IV's spacecraft bus is recorded as A2100[19].
  • EchoStar IV's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[20].
  • EchoStar IV's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[21].
  • EchoStar IV's space tug is recorded as Blok DM-2M[22].
  • EchoStar IV's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23[23].
  • EchoStar IV's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+3478'}[24].
  • EchoStar IV's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b5v7k5m7[25].
  • EchoStar IV's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "25331"][26].
  • EchoStar IV's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1998-028A[27].

Why It Matters

EchoStar IV ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. 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] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . tbs-satellite.com. tbs-satellite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). EchoStar IV. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-iv
MLA “EchoStar IV.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-iv.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_echostar-iv_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{EchoStar IV}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-iv}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): EchoStar IV — https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-iv (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/echostar-iv · Last refreshed: