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OAR-0068077 ACTIVE PAYLOAD

ECHOSTAR 25

launched 2026-03-10 from AFETR · GEO regime · owner code US
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Identity
OAR Asset IDOAR-0068077
Object nameECHOSTAR 25
NORAD catalogue no.68126
COSPAR / Int'l designator2026-045A
Object typePAYLOAD
Owner codeUS
StatusACTIVE
Disposal
Decay watch
Owner / launching orgUnited States (United States) nation
OrbitGEO · e=0.00016268
Apogee (alt)
35793.6 km
Perigee (alt)
35779.9 km
Period
1436.10 min
Semi-major axis
42164.9 km
Inclination
0.0143°
Eccentricity
0.00016268
Mean motion
1.00271307 rev/day
Epoch
2026-08-15T21:36:43.970688
Source
GP
Launch
Launch date2026-03-10
Launch siteAFETR
Decay date
Operating company
Operator (resolved)EchoStar Corporation (Hughes) commercial
Country of incorporationUnited States
Corporate statusadministration (effective 2026-08-02) source
Resolutionname_pattern · high confidence · sourced fact
Corporate chain. This entity has not been renamed, merged or redomiciled, so it still bears its own obligations. Ultimately controlled by EchoStar Corporation (Hughes) (United States). Control does not move a liability: an acquisition leaves the acquired company in existence, with its own jurisdiction.
  • Helios Wire Corporation (Canada)acquired by → EchoStar Corporation (Hughes) (United States) · 2019-10-25 (announced) source
  • EchoStar Corporation (Hughes) (United States)merged into → DISH Network Corporation (merged in; EchoStar surviving) (US) · 2023-12-31 source
Operator attribution (GCAT)
Operator (GCAT)Echostar Corp business
Englewood, Colorado (US)
ManufacturerLanteris (US)
GCAT identifiersS68126 · 2026-045A (P)
Name in GCATEchostar XXV (catalogue name differs)
Reconciliationmatched by satcat_number · confirmed
Attribution from GCAT (J. McDowell), ingested under CC-BY-4.0 and shown alongside — not in place of — the catalogue owner above. GCAT reflects one researcher's editorial synthesis of public sources; treat it as evidence of the operator, not as a determination. McDowell, J., General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (GCAT), planet4589.org/space/gcat, CC-BY-4.0
UN registration
UN registrationNOT REGISTERED — GCAT assesses that US ought to have registered it
Registration metadata as reproduced in GCAT from the UN Register (ST/SG/SER.E and A/AC.105/INF series). Registration is a self-assertion by the state of registry; under Registration Convention Art. II a state of registry must be a launching state.
Succession of responsibility
Organisation phaseFromToState
Echostar Communications Corp ECHO 1980 2007-12 US
Echostar Corp ECHOC CURRENT ← at this object's attribution 2007-12 US
Phases of the same organisation (GCAT UCode ECHO) through renames, acquisitions and restructurings. Continuity of the operating entity does not by itself transfer liability, which under Liability Convention Art. II–III attaches to the launching state.
Launching State attributionJOINT & SEVERAL
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launch, or the launch occurs from its territory or facility. Status is fixed at launch and does not transfer with the operator.
LimbStateTierBasis
Launch agency US T3 DERIVED Launch conducted by SpaceX (US)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which launches a space object
Facility US T3 DERIVED Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, a facility of US
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose facility an object is launched
Territory US T3 DERIVED Launch site Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA is on the territory of US (operated by US) — OAR launch-site mapping (CelesTrak SATCAT site code)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State from whose territory an object is launched
Procurement US T4 INFERRED Inferred from owner nationality: Echostar Corp (US)
Outer Space Treaty Art. VII, Liability Convention Art. I(c) and Registration Convention Art. I(a) — State which procures the launching (INFERRED, not established)
A State qualifies if it launches, procures the launching, or the launch is from its territory or facility — more than one State can qualify for one object, and launching States are jointly and severally liable (Liability Convention Art. V). Launching-State status is fixed at launch and does not transfer when operators change. Tier 4 claims are inferred from owner nationality and are the weakest: rideshare procurement through integrators is genuinely contestable.
Aliases
Every identifier that resolves to this OAR ID.
COSPAR2026-045A
NAMEECHOSTAR 25
NORAD68126
Record history
Logged events for this record — from the ingest log and reported lifecycle events, not a reconstruction.
2026-08-15T21:36:43.970688
Element set refreshed from CelesTrak GP
2026-08-16T06:41:00.381Z
Record last updated by ingest
2026-07-02T14:48:00.000Z
Object catalogued · OAR ID issued