...SS/L 1300 platform, will be launched on November 21,2012, via ProtonM/Breeze M vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome's launch pad 39 at 00:31, local time. EchoStar XVI will join EchoStar’s fleet of satellites that power global communication, commerce and entertainment. Operated by EchoStar, EchoStar XVI will be fully leased to DISH for use in its DTH services in the United States. An all Ku-band satellite with CONUS and spot beam transponders, EchoStar XVI will be located at 61.5 degrees West longitude.

The Proton M launch vehicle, using a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off with the EchoStar XVI satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the EchoStar XVI satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geostationary transfer orbit. Separation of the EchoStar XVI satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff.