GSAT-14
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GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched in January 2014. It replaced the GSAT-3 satellite, which was launched in 2004. GSAT-14 was launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.auto
- all
- Spaceflight.name
- GSAT-14
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communication
- Spaceflight.operator
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2014-001A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 39498
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Planned: 12 years Elapsed:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- I-2K
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- ISRO Satellite CentreSpace Applications Centre
- Spaceflight.power
- 2,600 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- GSLV Mk.II D5
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Satish Dhawan SLP
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- ISRO
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 22 January 2015, 20:39:21 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Geostationary
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 0.11 degrees
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GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched in January 2014. It replaced the GSAT-3 satellite, which was launched in 2004. GSAT-14 was launched by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage.
==Satellite== GSAT-14 is part of the GSAT series of satellites. Constructed by ISRO, it is based around the I-2K satellite bus, and has a dry mass of . With fuel, its mass is . The spacecraft has a design life of 12 years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GSAT-14” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.