EchoStar XVII or EchoStar 17, also known as Jupiter 1, is an American geostationary high throughput communications satellite which is operated by Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of EchoStar. It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 107.1° West,[2] from where it is used for satellite internet access over HughesNet.[3]
EchoStar XVII was built by Space Systems/Loral,[4] and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus.[5] It measures 8.0 m by 3.2 m by 3.1 m, with 26.07 m solar arrays which were deployed after launch, and generates a minimum of 16.1 kilowatts of power.[2]