EchoStar XVI

EchoStar XVI is an American geostationary communications satellite operated by EchoStar and built by Space Systems/Loral, the company that later became Maxar Space Systems and then Lanteris Space Systems. It is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus and carries 32 Ku-band transponders for direct broadcasting of high-definition television to the United States for Dish Network, from a slot at 61.5 degrees west. It had a launch mass of 6,258 kilograms and a design life of fifteen years, and it shares a common configuration with EchoStar XI and EchoStar XV. An International Launch Services Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage carried it into orbit from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 20 November 2012. The satellite also carries The Last Pictures, an archival silicon disc of one hundred photographs made by the artist Trevor Paglen for Creative Time and bolted to its exterior.