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ECHOSTAR 5, 25913

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ECHOSTAR 5, 25913 is a payload satellite owned by Echostar (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 23 Sep 1999 UTC via an ATLAS IIAS launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

25913, 1999-050A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Echostar Corp (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

FS-1300, R-4D-11-164

Mass

3,177 kg wet, ~1,600 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1999-09-23 (26 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ATLAS IIAS

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 25 m

Radar Cross Section

24.872 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 ECHOSTAR 5
1 25913U 99050A   25119.08030878 -.00000228  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 25913  11.2246  39.3079 0003682 354.3851 178.6371  0.98748128 92873

Epoch: 2025-04-29T01:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T01:55:38.678Z)

Latitude

1.33521°

Longitude

-33.72297°

Altitude

36,234.351 km

Speed

3.058 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 09m 53s

True Declination

1° 20' 02"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-8.34235°

Longitude

20.60484°

Altitude

36,229.733 km

Speed

3.058 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 12m 22s

Apparent Declination

-14° 16' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:30:06

Azimuth

113.428° SE

Elevation

5.112°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,235.9 km

Perigee altitude

36,204.531 km

Semi-major axis

42,598.352 km

Eccentricity

0.0003682

Inclination

11.2246°

RAAN

39.3079°

Arg. of periapsis

354.3851°

True anomaly

178.6381°

Mean anomaly

178.6371°

Eccentric anomaly

178.6376°

Mean motion

0.24686 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1458.31 mins

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Other satellites on launch #50 in the year 1999 (1999-09-23 UTC)

ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B, 25914 (Decayed)

ECHOSTAR 5 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
924 mins	2025-04-30 14:02:50.132Z	109.697° ESE	2025-04-30 20:50:50.132Z	99.944° ESE	19.655°	2025-05-01 05:26:50.132Z	116.106° SE

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