March 16, 2017 at 6:00 AM UTC
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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March 16, 2017 at 6:00 AM UTC
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Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6082, -80.6043
Echostar 23 is a geostationary communications satellite, which will provide direct-to-home television broadcast services over Brazil. Being a flexible Ku-band satellite, it is capable of providing service from any of eight different orbital slots.
Mission media
Echostar XXIII Technical Webcast
Full video recordFalcon · Full Thrust
Height
71 m
Diameter
3.65 m
LEO capacity
22,800 kg
Successful launches
24
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
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