Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
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 around the LS-1300 satellite bus. It is equipped with 32 J band (IEEE Ku band) transponders.