EchoStar XVI

Proton-M/Briz-M launched EchoStar XVI, a Space Systems/Loral direct-broadcast satellite leased to Dish Network for U.S. HDTV service from 61.5 degrees West. The spacecraft also carried artist Trevor Paglen's archival disc 'The Last Pictures.'

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

7.7 T

Flight

32nd

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

20 November 2012, 18:31 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Unknown

International designator

2012-065

Launches in 2012

68th of 78

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