EchoStar, SES Tout Successful Satellite Launch

A dual-mission EchoStar 105 and SES-11 satellite was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center, EchoStar said in a Thursday news release. The satellite will provide EchoStar with 24 Ku-band transponders of 36 MHz and SES with a C-band payload of 24 transponders, EchoStar said. The satellite will serve EchoStar enterprise, media, broadcast and U.S. government service provider customers across the country, the company said.