Atlas Successfully Launches EchoStar V Communications Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Sept. 23, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIAS rocket successfully launched EchoStar V, a commercial communication satellite that will be operated by EchoStar Communications Corp. based in Littleton, CO. The satellite was placed into geosynchronous transfer orbit after a 2:02 a.m. EDT liftoff from Complex 36, Pad A. It was the third successful Atlas launch of 1999 from Cape Canaveral Air Station and the 44th consecutive successful flight of Atlas.

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Atlas Rocket Ready to Launch EchoStar V Communications Satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL Air Station, Fla., Sept. 3, 1999 – A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket is on the launch pad and in final preparation to launch a communications satellite for Colorado-based EchoStar Communications Corp., a world-wide provider of direct-to-home satellite television products and services. EchoStar V will be launched on September 10 from Complex 36A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL. The launch window opens at 1:12 a.m. EDT and extends one hour and 59 minutes to 3:11 a.m. The launch will be broadcast live on Galaxy 6, Transponder 11, with test signals at 12:30 a.m. EDT.

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