EchoStar-3
Op-ed | Do we care about orbital debris at all?
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has promised to integrate better economic analysis across the commission’s work. Orbital debris would be a fine place to start, and the sooner the better.
Errant EchoStar-3 satellite retired into graveyard orbit
An EchoStar satellite that stopped obeying commands this summer has since been boosted into a graveyard orbit some 350 kilometers above the geostationary belt, EchoStar said Sept. 6.
ComSpOC warned Bolivian space agency of EchoStar-3 pass
Analytical Graphics Inc. of Exton, Pennsylvania contacted the Bolivian Space Agency July 29 to warn that its sole satellite was in the approximate path of EchoStar’s uncommunicative EchoStar-3 satellite.
EchoStar loses contact with EchoStar-3 while changing orbit
A 20-year old satellite in fleet operator EchoStar’s constellation is drifting after an anomaly crippled communications, the company said today.
