Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2014-001A |
SATCAT no. | 39498 |
Mission duration | Planned: 12 years Elapsed: 10 years, 10 months, 21 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | I-2K |
Manufacturer | ISRO Satellite Centre Space Applications Centre |
Launch mass | 1,982 kilograms (4,370 lb) |
Dry mass | 851 kilograms (1,876 lb) |
Power | 2,600 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 January 2014, 10:48[1] | UTC
Rocket | GSLV Mk.II D5 |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan SLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 74° East |
Perigee altitude | 35,776 kilometres (22,230 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 35,809 kilometres (22,251 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 0.11 degrees[2] |
Period | 1436.12 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 22 January 2015, 20:39:21 UTC[2] |
Transponders | |
Band | 6 Ku band 6 ext. C band 2 Ka band |
Coverage area | India |
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[3] by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage.