| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Echostar 8 |
| 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) | -76.97 |
| Perigee (km) | 35783 |
| Apogee (km) | 35789 |
| Eccentricity | 7.11642470822659E-05 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.01 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4660 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 10000 |
| Date of Launch | 21-08-2002 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton |
| COSPAR Number | 2002-039A |
| NORAD Number | 27501 |
| Comments | CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders |