Spacecraft information: ECHOSTAR 8

Launch Details
Launched 21 August 2002
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner United States
NORAD ID 27501
COSPAR ID 2002-039A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 8.778°
Eccentricity 0.00108
RA ascending node 4.134 hr
Argument perigee 38.711°
Mean anomaly 145.557°
Orbital period 1461.780 min
Epoch of osculation 30 May 2026, 16:03

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36249.0 km
Mean Altitude 36295.0 km
Peak Altitude 36340.9 km

Launched alongside

SL-12 R/B(2)

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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