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EchoStar 26 [Maxar]
Maxar announced in June 2025 that it was selected to provide a high power direct broadcasting satellite, EchoStar XXVI, to DISH Network Corporation (EchoStar).
It will utilize Maxar's flight-proven SSL-1300 spacecraft bus.
EchoStar XXVI will be equipped with a high-power, multi-spot beam payload, allowing DISH to provide high-quality content to its customers.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication (Direct Broadcasting) |
| Operator: | Dish Network Corporation (EchoStar) |
| Contractors: | Maxar Space Systems → Lanteris Space Systems → Intuitive Nachines |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | IM-1300 |
| Propulsion: | ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 6800 kg ? |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar 26 | - | 202x |
References:
- Businesswire: Maxar Space Systems Selected to Build High-Power EchoStar XXVI Satellite, 2 June 2025
Further EchoStar missions:
- EchoStar 1, 2 [AS-7000]
- EchoStar 3, 4, 7 [A2100AX]
- EchoStar 5, 6 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 8 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 9 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 10 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 11, 15 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 12 [A2100AXS]
- EchoStar 13 (CMBStar 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 14 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 16 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 17 (Jupiter 1) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 18 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 19 (Jupiter 2) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 23 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 25 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 26 [SSL-1300]
- EchoStar 105 [Eurostar-3000]
- EchoStar G1 (D1) [SSL-1300S]
- EchoStar T1, T2 [SSL-1300S]
- EG 1, 2, 3
- Lyra Block-1 1, 2, 3, 4
