Rainbow-1

Communications satellite

Echostar 12 (E*12), also known as Cablevision-1 and Rainbow-1, is a commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous Earth orbit. It was launched on 17 July 2003, as Rainbow-1, on the third flight of the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its original purpose was to transmit digital television streams for the ill-fated Voom high definition direct broadcast satellite network.

Mission type	Communication +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Operator	EchoStar +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
COSPAR ID	2003-033A +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
SATCAT no.	33207 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Mission duration	15 years (planned) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

SPACECRAFT PROPERTIES

Bus	A2100AXS +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch mass	4,328 kilograms (9,542 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Dry mass	2,760 kilograms (6,080 lb) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

EXPEDITION

CREW

START OF MISSION

Launch date	July 17, 2003, 23:45 (2003-07-17UTC23:45Z) UTC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Rocket	Atlas V 521 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-41 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

END OF MISSION

ORBITAL PARAMETERS

Reference system	Geocentric +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Regime	Geostationary +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Longitude	86.4° West +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Inclination	0 degrees +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Period	1,437.0 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PAYLOAD

MAIN TELESCOPE

TRANSPONDERS

Band	36 K_u band +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Coverage area	Contiguous United States +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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