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EchoStar / Jupiter

Name: EchoStar / Jupiter constellation
Creator: EchoStar / Hughes

Deployment

Deployment timeline

Cumulative satellites launched

Launched per month

Orbits

Perigee altitude · satellites per 25 km

Inclination · satellites per 5°

Largest shells (perigee × inclination)

Perigee	Inclination	Satellites
35,780 km	0.00°	10

Shells bucket current elements to 20 km × 1°. Orbit classes are derived.

Launches

Launch	Date	Site	Satellites	Active
2026-045	10 Mar 2026	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	1
2023-108	29 Jul 2023	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	1
2017-032	08 Jun 2017	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	1
2017-014	16 Mar 2017	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	1
2016-079	18 Dec 2016	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	1
2016-039	18 Jun 2016	Guiana Space Centre, Kourou	1	1
2012-065	20 Nov 2012	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	1
2012-035	05 Jul 2012	Guiana Space Centre, Kourou	1	1
2010-034	10 Jul 2010	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	1
2010-010	20 Mar 2010	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	1
2008-035	16 Jul 2008	Sea Launch Odyssey platform (Pacific, equator)	1	1
2006-003	15 Feb 2006	Sea Launch Odyssey platform (Pacific, equator)	1	1
2003-033	17 Jul 2003	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	0
2002-039	22 Aug 2002	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	0
2002-006	21 Feb 2002	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	0
2000-038	14 Jul 2000	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	0
1999-050	23 Sept 1999	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	0
1998-028	07 May 1998	Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	1	0
1997-059	05 Oct 1997	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	1	0
1996-055	11 Sept 1996	Guiana Space Centre, Kourou	1	0
1995-073	28 Dec 1995	Xichang Satellite Launch Center	1	0

Fleet

Satellite	NORAD	Status	Launched	Perigee	Apogee	Incl.
ECHOSTAR 25	68126	Active	10 Mar 2026	35,781 km	35,794 km	0.02°
JUPITER 3 (ECHOSTAR 24)	57479	Active	29 Jul 2023	35,782 km	35,792 km	0.02°
ECHOSTAR 21	42749	Active	08 Jun 2017	35,777 km	35,797 km	1.78°
ECHOSTAR 23	42070	Active	16 Mar 2017	35,778 km	35,796 km	0.03°
ECHOSTAR 19	41893	Active	18 Dec 2016	35,781 km	35,793 km	0.00°
ECHOSTAR 18	41592	Active	18 Jun 2016	35,780 km	35,793 km	0.02°
ECHOSTAR 16	39008	Active	20 Nov 2012	35,778 km	35,796 km	0.02°
ECHOSTAR 17	38551	Active	05 Jul 2012	35,778 km	35,795 km	0.02°
ECHOSTAR 15	36792	Active	10 Jul 2010	35,776 km	35,798 km	0.04°
ECHOSTAR 14	36499	Active	20 Mar 2010	35,778 km	35,795 km	0.04°
ECHOSTAR 11	33207	Active	16 Jul 2008	35,776 km	35,797 km	1.22°
ECHOSTAR 10	28935	Active	15 Feb 2006	35,778 km	35,796 km	0.05°

Timeline

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Status

Ground

Site	Code	Launches	Satellites
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), FloridaUS	AFETR	9	9
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)KZ	TYMSC	6	6
Guiana Space Centre, KourouFR	FRGUI	3	3
Sea Launch Odyssey platform (Pacific, equator)	SEAL	2	2
Xichang Satellite Launch CenterCN	XICLF	1	1

Registry

Regulatory

Regulatory filings unavailable

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Methodology

Constellation membership is derived from curated rules, never from a single upstream field. Rules for this constellation:

Members by method

Full rule set and metric versions on the methodology page. Activity score is a derived index of recent launch cadence, not a safety metric.