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EchoStar III Shipped to Cape Canaveral for October Launch
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- EchoStar
Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) announced today that EchoStar III,
their first A2100 direct broadcast satellite from Lockheed Martin
Telecommunications, has arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida for
launch.
Pending satellite final test and check-out, fueling and final mating and
check-out activities with the launch vehicle, EchoStar III will be launched
on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket. EchoStar has requested a launch date
of October 6, 1997 and is awaiting range approval from Cape Canaveral Air
Station.
EchoStar III is the company's third Lockheed Martin-built satellite and the
first A2100 to be completed in Lockheed Martin's new Commercial Satellite
Center in Sunnyvale, California. The A2100 is Lockheed Martin's latest
commercial satellite offering and the most powerful commercial
communications satellite available today.
EchoStar III, to be located at 61.5 degrees West Longitude, will include
programming complementary to that offered by the DISH Network on EchoStar I
and EchoStar II, including expanded educational and business television. The
programming lineup has the potential to include international and niche
channels, data delivery applications and retransmission of local channels to
select large markets.
DISH (Digital Sky Highway) Network(TM), EchoStar Communications
Corporation's state-of-the-art DBS system, currently offers consumers over
150 channels of audio and video programming, fully MPEG-2/DVB compliant
hardware, installation, financing and leasing.
EchoStar Communications Corporation, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado,
is also a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of satellite television
products and the only U.S. provider of state-of-the-art fully MPEG-2/DVB
compliant satellite television systems. The company is a single, convenient
source for equipment distribution, sales, installation and service; consumer
financing; and programming distribution; and is widely recognized in the
satellite industry for its advanced research and development activities.
DISH Network is a trademark of EchoStar Communications Corporation.
DISH Network is located on the Internet at: dishnetwork.com
CONTACT: EchoStar Communications Corp., Englewood | Judianne Atencio,
303/799-8222, x5112 | e-mail: atenjud@echostar.com
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