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ECHOSTAR 21, 42749

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ECHOSTAR 21, 42749 is a payload satellite owned by Echostar Mobile (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 08 Jun 2017 UTC via a PROTON-M/BRIZ-M launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). 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

42749, 2017-032A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Echostar Corp (US)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D-11

Mass

6,871 kg wet, ~3,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-06-08 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-M/BRIZ-M

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan + 1 Dish, 32.4 m

Radar Cross Section

47.415 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 ECHOSTAR 21
1 42749U 17032A   25191.56373046  .00000081  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 42749   1.9678 334.8697 0002487 129.0410  38.0147  1.00272737 29673

Epoch: 2025-07-10T13:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-10T13:31:46.311Z)

Latitude

0.46373°

Longitude

10.2782°

Altitude

35,777.453 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 27m 47s

True Declination

0° 27' 48"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-1.28778°

Longitude

163.32506°

Altitude

35,796.309 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 02m 49s

Apparent Declination

-6° 26' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:58:27

Azimuth

74.043° E

Elevation

-27.744°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,797.883 km

Perigee altitude

35,776.91 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.534 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

1.9678°

RAAN

334.8697°

Arg. of periapsis

129.041°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

38.0147°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.14 mins

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