Dish Network
Satellite fleet
Most of the satellites used by Dish Network are owned and operated by EchoStar. Since EchoStar frequently moves satellites among its many orbiting slots this list may not be accurate.

Dish Network

Section Title: Satellite fleet
Table Section Text: Most of the satellites used by Dish Network are owned and operated by EchoStar. Since EchoStar frequently moves satellites among its many orbiting slots this list may not be accurate.

Satellite	Location (Degrees West)	Launched	Type	Notes

EchoStar I	77	December 28, 1995	Lockheed Martin Astro Space Series 7000 (AS-7000)	Can carry a limited number of services on odd numbered transponders. EchoStar is not licensed to serve CONUS customers in the United States from this location but may transmit local stations.

EchoStar II	148	September 10, 1996	Ariane 4	On 14 July 2008, EchoStar reported to the SEC that EchoStar II "experienced a substantial failure that appears to have rendered the satellite a total loss".

EchoStar III	61.5	October 5, 1997	Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	Replaced by EchoStar XV and was serving as an in-orbit spare. Placed on graveyard orbit by September 6, 2017.

EchoStar IV	77	May 8, 1998	Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	This satellite had a launch issue, is now in an inclined orbit and is not currently[when?] operational. It largely serves as a placeholder for EchoStar slots.

EchoStar V	Deorbited from 148	September 23, 1999	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	EchoStar V was moved from 110 to 129 and finally to 148. International programming at 148 has moved to Anik F3/118.75°.

EchoStar VI	77	July 14, 2000	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Replaces EchoStar VIII.

EchoStar VII	119	February 21, 2002	Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AX	Currently[when?] an on orbit spare. Provides Dish Network's spot beam services to the western United States, as well as Muzak programming to businesses on leased bandwidth.

EchoStar VIII	77	August 21, 2002	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Formerly at 110. On January 30, 2011, the satellite experienced a single event upset and drifted out of its intended orbit, this required all services to be relocated to other available satellite capacity in the Eastern Arc.

EchoStar IX / Galaxy 23	121	August 7, 2003	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Capacity on this Ku-band satellite is available for lease on a transponder basis. The satellite is jointly owned by EchoStar and Intelsat: Ku band and Ka band payloads owned by EchoStar, C band payload owned by Intelsat and designated Galaxy 23.

EchoStar X	110	February 15, 2006	Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space A2100AXS	First seen functioning May 2016 in the 110.0W slot and is still transmitting from the same location as of October 2016.

EchoStar XI	110	July 16, 2008	Space Systems/Loral LS-1300

EchoStar XII	61.5	July 17, 2003	Lockheed Martin AS-2100	Originally known as Rainbow 1, this satellite was launched by Cablevision/Rainbow DBS and used for the Voom DBS service at 61.5° W until the satellite and transponder licenses were sold to EchoStar in 2005.

Echostar XIV	119	March 20, 2010	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	Replaced Echostar VII. EchoStar XIV launched on an International Launch Services Proton/Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

EchoStar XV	61.5	July 10, 2010	Space Systems/Loral FS-1300	A CONUS only satellite.

Anik F3	118.75	April 12, 2007	Astrium Eurostar 3000	Customers use the 36 inch Dish 500+ or Dish 1000+ to receive this non-DBS, medium-powered signal. Anik F3 is leased by EchoStar from Telesat Canada to serve CONUS customers.

Ciel-2	129	December 10, 2008	Thales Alenia Space Spacebus-4000C4	Replaced EchoStar V at the 129°W orbital location. Owned by Canadian Ciel Satellite Group, EchoStar leases the entire bandwidth of the Ciel-2 satellite.

Nimiq 5	72.7	September 17, 2009	Space Systems/Loral LS-1300	A Canadian satellite operated by Telesat Canada. EchoStar leases the satellite's capacity.

Sentence(s)

EchoStar is in 119°W location.

final_sentence: EchoStar is in 119°W location.