Echostar 16 (Echostar XVI) is an American telecommunications satellite of the same name by the company Echostar . The spacecraft was launched into orbit on November 20, 2012 using the Proton-M LV with the Briz-M upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome , Pl. No. 200. PU No. 39 [2] .
| Echostar 16 | |
|---|---|
 KA Echostar 16 as presented by the artist (author: SS / L) | |
| Manufacturer |  Space systems loral |
| Operator | Echostar |
| Tasks | communication |
| Satellite | Of the earth |
| Launch pad |  Baikonur Square No. 200. PU №39 |
| Launch vehicle | LV Proton-M - Breeze-M |
| Launch | November 20, 18:31 UTC |
| NSSDC ID | 2012-065A |
| SCN | 39008 |
| Specifications | |
| Platform | SS / L 1300 |
| Weight | 6258 kg |
| Power supplies | solar batteries |
| The term of active existence | 15 years |
| Elements of the orbit | |
| Orbit type | geostationary |
| Standing point | 61.5 ° C d. |
| Target equipment | |
| Transponders | 32 Ku bands [1] |
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Description
Echostar 16 was developed by Space Systems Loral based on the LS-1300 platform. [3] The mass of the satellite is 6258 kg. As a payload, it carries 32 Ku-band transponders . The satellite is expected to last at least 15 years.
The Last Pictures
Creative Time created and put a kind of message in a bottle into orbit on EchoStar 16. The ceramic disc, created by the artist Trevor Paglen, entitled "The Last Pictures" has two sides. One contains a hundred black and white photographs selected by the artist in accordance with his vision of the modern history of mankind.
On the second side there is information about the start time encrypted in the form of a map of the starry sky at the time of launch, on which the stars, pulsars and active galactic nuclei are applied. For decoding, it also depicts the Earth and the Moon with the period of their rotation, ultrafine fission of the hydrogen atom and simple geometric relationships as keys. [four]
Notes
- ↑ satbeams.com. information about spacecraft transponders (English) . Archived December 30, 2012.
- ↑ The Ekostar-16 spacecraft was launched into the target orbit , Roscosmos (November 21, 2012). Date of treatment November 22, 2012.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter Echostar 16 . Gunter's Space Page . Archived December 30, 2012.
- ↑ The Last Pictures launches with EchoStar XVI satellite | Kurzweil . www.kurzweilai.net. Date of treatment July 15, 2019.
Links
- Preparation for launch and launch of the Proton-M space rocket from the Echostar-16 spacecraft . Filming TV studio Roscosmos .