Geostationary
ECHOSTAR 16
Caribbean / Latin American Direct-Broadcast Television · EchoStar / DISH Network
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An EchoStar satellite at 61.5°W providing high-power Ku-band capacity for DISH service in the Caribbean and Latin America. EchoStar-16 carries advanced spot beams that provide DISH-quality coverage across Caribbean islands that are often too far from EchoStar's primary North American satellites for reliable service. The Caribbean is a growing market for US satellite television services, particularly on American territories and popular tourist destinations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,248 mi (35,787–35,805 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 39008
- Int’l designator
- 2012-065A
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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