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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (45392)	9/24/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

ROLF!

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (45392)	9/24/1999 5:20:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Another 150 Divicom encoders needed...................... multichannel.com September 23, 1999: EchoStar V Finally Launches Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- After a few equipment-related and weather-related postponements, EchoStar Communications Corp.?s EchoStar V satellite launched successfully Thursday morning, the company said. EchoStar said the satellite reached geosynchronous transfer orbit after a 2:02 a.m. launch on a Lockheed Martin Astronautics Atlas IIAS rocket. The launch was originally scheduled for Sept. 10, but it was delayed twice, most recently by Hurricane Floyd and Tropical Storm Harvey. Earlier, EchoStar and Lockheed Martin engineers said they wanted time to analyze a remote-control unit that had failed factory testing. The satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, is intended to add 150 channels of capacity to what EchoStar now counts as 350 channels. The satellite will operate from 110 degrees west longitude -- the location EchoStar bought from American Sky Broadcasting Inc., the ill-fated joint venture of MCI WorldCom Inc. and News Corp. EchoStar plans to offer a service using a small-aperture satellite dish that can see satellites at 110 and degrees, where other Dish Network satellites operate. EchoStar also operates a satellite at 61.5 degrees. The Englewood, Colo.-based company also plans to offer retransmitted local broadcast stations in selected markets, contingent on Congress passing related legislation. Other uses for the new bird include interactive-television and high-definition-TV transmissions. EchoStar said it plans to launch its sixth satellite in the first quarter of 2000. - 9/23/99