| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Echostar 6 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | Echostar Technologies, LLC |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -72.71 |
| Perigee (km) | 35775 |
| Apogee (km) | 35798 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00027279304496341 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.07 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.12 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3700 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1493 |
| Power (watts) | 11000 |
| Date of Launch | 14-07-2000 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Atlas 2AS |
| COSPAR Number | 2000-038A |
| NORAD Number | 26402 |
| Comments | CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders |