THE NEW ECHOSTAR 3

THE NEW ECHOSTAR 3 communications spacecraft, the first advanced AX version of Lockheed Martin's A2100 design, is en route to its geosynchronous orbit station at 61.5 W. Long. following launch on an ILS Atlas 2AS booster Oct. 5. The 8,100-lb. spacecraft is the heaviest payload ever launched in the...

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