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EchoStar XVI is an American geostationary communications satellite which is operated by EchoStar. It is positioned in geostationary orbit, and will be located at a longitude of 61.5° West, from where it is intended to provide direct broadcasting of high-definition television services to the United States for Dish Network.〔〔 EchoStar XVI was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 32 J band (IEEE Ku band) transponders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Echostar 16 at SatBeams )〕 At launch it had a mass of . It has a design life of fifteen years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Echostar 16 at Gunter's Space Page )〕 It has a common configuration with EchoStar XI and EchoStar XV. The launch of EchoStar XVI was conducted by International Launch Services, using a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The launch occurred on 20 November 2012, 18:31 UTC from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=November 2012 Launch Calendar )〕 The Creative Time was launched with EchoStar XVI into outer space an archival disc created by artist Trevor Paglen called ''The Last Pictures''. Made of ultra-archival materials, the disc is expected to orbit the Earth for billions of years affixed to the exterior of the communications satellite. A silicon disc has one hundred photographs selected to represent modern human history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Last Pictures launches with EchoStar XVI satellite )〕 ==See also== * EchoStar * 2012 in spaceflight 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EchoStar XVI」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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