Echostar 12 at 86° W
also known as Rainbow 1, Cablevision 1
Technical details
- Status
- deorbited
- Orbital position
- 86° WChannel line-up at 86° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 27852
- COSPAR number
- 2003-033A
- Operator
- EchoStar Corporation
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Model
- A2100AXS
- Launch
- 17 Jul 2003 from Cape Canaveral SFS on Ariane 5 GS
- Launch mass
- 4328 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 18 yrs.
- Callsign
- S2653/dbs8701
- Beacon
- 12205, 12697
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band CONUS Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 01 (E01 Bangor) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 02 (E02 Boston) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 03 (E03 Bethpage) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 04 (E04 Washington DC) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 05 (E05 Raleigh) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 06 (E06 Atlanta) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 07 (E07 Birmingham) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 08 (E08 Charleston) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 09 (E09 Miami) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 10 (E10 Detroit) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 11 (E11 Chicago) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 12 (E12 New Orleans) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 13 (E13 Minneapolis) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 14 (E14 St Louis) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 15 (E15 Kansas City) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 16 (E16 Dallas) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 17 (E17 Houston) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 18 (E18 Denver) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 19 (E19 Albuquerque) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 20 (E20 Seattle) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 21 (E21 San Francisco) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
- Ku-band Spot 22 (E22 Los Angeles) Beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Echostar 12
36 Ku-band transponders to provide DTH telecommunications to CONUS. Planned for relocation to 86.4W orbital location and operate there on a temporary basis.