Intelsat 14 (IS-14)

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Launch data: Designation  36097 / 09064A Launch date  23 Nov 2009 - 06:55 UT Launch site  CC, SLC-41 Launch vehicle  Atlas-V/V431 (AV-024) Mission  Commercial: Communications Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35771 x 35800 km Eccentricity  3.44E-04 Inclination  0.02 deg Period  1436.05 min

Mission details:

• 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.
• IS-14 is a fixed satellite services (FSS) spacecraft, which will replace the Intelsat 1R satellite at 315 degrees East longitude, where it will ensure continued service for enterprises, governments, service and media providers to deliver information and entertainment around the world. The IRIS payload, which was provided by Cisco Systems, will enable converged, space-ground network services including more efficient bandwidth usage, anytime-anywhere on-demand broadband services, last-mile connectivity solutions, efficient one-hop communications, and next generation voice, video and data applications.
• Intelsat IS-14 was launched on Nov 23 using a United Launch Alliance/ Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket, model 431, serial AV-024. IS-14, a Loral 1300 class satellite, will replace IS-1R at 24W over the Atlantic. Centaur AV-024 entered an initial 175 x 25998 km x 25.0 deg orbit and then deployed IS-14 into a 6157 x 39094 km x 22.5 deg transfer orbit at 0853 UTC.