Geostationary
ECHOSTAR 17
North American Ka-band Residential Broadband · Hughes / EchoStar
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A Hughes/EchoStar high-throughput Ka-band satellite delivering HughesNet Gen4 broadband across North America. EchoStar-17 pioneered the consumer Ka-band spot beam broadband architecture in the US market — delivering up to 50 Mbps residential internet to rural households that cable and DSL will never economically reach. Its 140 Gbps total throughput represented a tenfold increase over previous-generation satellites, proving that satellite broadband could be a genuine alternative to terrestrial services for rural Americans.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,247 mi (35,785–35,804 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 38551
- Int’l designator
- 2012-035A
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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