Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Intelsat 14 (IS-14) |
Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
Operator/Owner | Intelsat, Ltd. |
Users | Commercial |
Purpose | Communications |
Class of Orbit | GEO |
Type of Orbit | |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -45 |
Perigee (km) | 35771 |
Apogee (km) | 35800 |
Eccentricity | 0.000343964607228001 |
Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
Period (minutes) | 1436.05 |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 5613 |
Dry Mass (kg.) | 2517 |
Power (watts) | |
Date of Launch | 23-11-2009 |
Expected Lifetime | 16 yrs. |
Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
Country of Contractor | USA |
Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
Launch Vehicle | Atlas |
COSPAR Number | 2009-064A |
NORAD Number | 36097 |
Comments | 62 transponders, North and South America, Africa and Europe; will also carry an experiment for the US Department of Defense. Internet Routing in Space, or IRIS, is a technology demonstration project which will allow the satellite to perform IP routing rather than requiring a ground station to do so. |