10 March 2026 year Fr. 04:19 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA using a launch vehicle «Falcon 9 Block 5» launched a ka «EchoStar 25».
«EchoStar 25» – is an American geostationary telecommunications satellite company EchoStar Corporation, intended for direct television broadcasting and transmission of telecommunication signals in the Ku-band for the territory of North America.
The spacecraft is part of the group of satellites EchoStar, used to support the satellite television network Dish Network. The satellite is built on the Lanteris platform 1300 and is intended to provide stable satellite television broadcasting and replace or support the system's previous satellites EchoStar in geostationary orbit.
Grouping of satellites EchoStar in total, more than 25 satellites.
Not all of them work in orbit at the same time, since some of the old devices have already been decommissioned or transferred to the "burial orbit". As of recent years, about 6-8 active geostationary satellites have been used.
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