{"id":15003,"date":"2016-12-17T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-echostar-19-satellite-mounted-atop-atlas-5-rocket\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T00:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T16:25:07","slug":"photos-echostar-19-satellite-mounted-atop-atlas-5-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-echostar-19-satellite-mounted-atop-atlas-5-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

A satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster on Saturday, Dec. 10 in preparation for liftoff on Sunday, Dec. 18.<\/p>\n

The already-encapsulated EchoStar 19 spacecraft was moved overnight from the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville to Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 41.<\/p>\n

At the Vertical Integration Facility, a crane raised the 15,000-pound satellite off the ground and atop the Centaur upper stage.<\/p>\n

The completed rocket stands 194 feet tall aboard the mobile launch platform. It will be wheeled from the assembly building to the launch pad the day before flight.<\/p>\n

The rocket is the 431 version of the Atlas 5. It features three side-mounded solid-fuel boosters.<\/p>\n

The satellite, also branded Jupiter 2, was built by SSL in Palo Alto, California, and was flown to Cape Canaveral in early November to begin its launch campaign at Astrotech.<\/p>\n

The craft will weigh 14,914 pounds (6,765 kg) at launch, and will be positioned in geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth at 97.1 degrees West longitude. With its power-generating solar panels extended, it will have a wingspan of 85 feet. The orbital life expectancy is 15 years.<\/p>\n

EchoStar 19 will be the world\u2019s highest capacity broadband satellite in space to increase capacity to attract new subscribers and growth to the HughesNet high-speed Internet service across North America.<\/p>\n

HughesNet currently serves a million customers through its two existing satellites \u2014 EchoStar 17 and Spaceway 3. Three-foot-wide rooftop dishes link customers to the Internet via the orbiting satellites in rural areas where cable connectivity is unavailable.<\/p>\n

Photos by United Launch Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See earlier EchoStar 19 coverage.<\/p>\n

Our Atlas archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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