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EchoStar Corporation is an American telecommunications company that specializes in providing satellite communication, wireless telecommunications, and internet services. Its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business are operated from its headquarters in Arapahoe County, Colorado .
EchoStar XXIV, also known as Jupiter 3, is a communications satellite operated by Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company). It provides satellite internet service to customers across North and South America at download speeds of up to 100 Mbps. [4] The satellite was built by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California.
EchoStar XV is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar.It is positioned in geostationary orbit, and located at a longitude of 61.5° West, from where it provides direct broadcasting of high-definition television services to the continental United States and Puerto Rico for Dish Network.
Hughes Communications was founded in 1971 under the name Digital Communication Corporation (DCC) [8] by a group of seven engineers and a lawyer led by John Puente and Dr. Burton Edelson, [9] who all previously worked together at Comsat Laboratories. [10]
In 1987, EchoStar applied for a satellite television broadcast license with the FCC and was granted access to orbital slot 119° west longitude in 1992. [citation needed] A year after the launch of its first satellite, EchoStar I, [3] EchoStar launched its DBS broadcast services under the DISH Network name on March 4, 1996. [1]
EchoStar XVII or EchoStar 17, also known as Jupiter 1, [2] is an American geostationary high throughput communications satellite which is operated by Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of EchoStar. It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 107.1° West, [3] from where it is used for satellite internet access over HughesNet. [4]
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EchoStar I was a communications satellite operated by EchoStar. Launched in 1995, it was operated in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 77 degrees west for 12 or 15 years. The company has approved the transfer of the 77 degree west orbital position to QuetzSat as of September 22, 2010.