EchoStar’s latest satellite, its XXV mission, was successfully launched on a SpaceX rocket on March 10th, just after midnight local time, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

EchoStar XXV is a high-power direct broadcast satellite serving Dish Network. Designed to deliver high-quality video and content across North America, the satellite uses steerable beams to target capacity where needed most.

As of early 2026, Dish Network had an estimated 7 million total pay-TV subscribers. This mission is delivering a direct television satellite for Dish Network, a subsidiary of EchoStar, to expand broadcast services and extend the company’s coverage. The satellite is the first launch by EchoStar since 2010.

It will be located at 110 degrees West. From this vantage point above the Pacific Ocean and off the western coast of Mexico, the satellite will transmit television to North America.

EchoStar XXV is a large satellite, which was made by Intuitive Machines company Lanteris Space Systems (formerly Maxar Space Systems) in Palo Alto, California. EchoStar has already contracted Lanteris to build EchoStar XXVI, scheduled for delivery in 2028.

“It is a massive spacecraft, weighing over 6,500 kg (14,330 pounds). At launch, it is roughly the size of a motorhome or small bus, with its solar arrays spanning over 100 feet when fully deployed into geostationary orbit,” a company spokesman stated.

This was the 14th flight for the first stage Falcon 9 booster supporting this mission, which previously supported Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-21, and seven Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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