Echostar 5 at 148° W

also known as Ciel-1, Sky 1A, MCI 1

Open in the satellite database app Channels at 148° W Coverage maps

Echostar 5 satellite coverage area from 148° W: visibility footprint over Earth — Theoretical visibility from geostationary orbit at 148° W. Beam footprints are narrower, see the coverage maps.

Technical details

Status: deorbited
Orbital position: 148° WChannel line-up at 148° W | Coverage maps
NORAD number: 25913
COSPAR number: 1999-050A
Operator: EchoStar Corporation
Manufacturer: Intuitive Machines (SSL/MDA/Maxar/Lanteris)
Model: LS-1300
Launch: 23 Sept 1999 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Atlas 2AS (Atlas IIAS)
Launch mass: 3602 kg
Dry mass: 1500 kg
Expected lifetime: 12 yrs.
Callsign: S2658
Beacon: 12201, 12202
Orbit: GEO

Beam footprints

Echostar 5 Ku-band US High Power Beam beam footprint coverage map, Ku band — Ku-band US High Power Beam (Ku band)Open in viewer

Echostar 5 Ku-band CONUS (high power) beam beam footprint coverage map, Ku band — Ku-band CONUS (high power) beam (Ku band)Open in viewer

Echostar 5 Ku-band CONUS (medium power) beam beam footprint coverage map, Ku band — Ku-band CONUS (medium power) beam (Ku band)Open in viewer

About Echostar 5

32 Ku-band transponders covering CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico