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Mission type
  
SATCAT no.
  
28137

Bus
  
LS-1300

Inclination
  
1.95°

Launch date
  
11 January 2004

Launch site
  
Odyssey

COSPAR ID
  
2004-001A

Mission duration
  
15 years planned

Inclination
  
1.95°

Period
  
1 day

Rocket
  
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Operator
  
Loral Skynet (2004-07)Telesat (2007-11)

Similar
  
Telstar 14R, Anik F1, JCSAT‑5A, Galaxy 18, Telstar

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Telstar 14 or Estrela do Sul 1 (Southern Star 1) is a commercial communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Telesat to provide Ku-band communications to South America and the Southern United States. Estrela do Sul 1 was launched by Sea Launch using a Zenit-3SL carrier rocket on 11 Jan 2004 for geosynchronous orbit at 63 degrees west.

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The North solar array failed to open after launch, limiting the mission effectiveness. The president of SS/L later said images of the satellite in orbit showed massive damage to the affected array, indicating that an explosion had occurred during launch. The satellite entered service with reduced capacity (17 transponders) and reduced life span of 7 years with the jammed panel.

Estrela do Sul 1 / Telstar 14 and Estrela do Sul 2 / Telstar 14R are built around the Loral 1300 satellite bus, and have launch mass of around 5000 kg.

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Launch

The Telstar 14R replacement was launched in May 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard an International Launch Services Proton-M rocket. This replacement satellite, Telstar 14R experienced the same problem, with its north solar array failing to open. The Telstar 14R replacement satellite is in service, despite that deployment failure.

References

Telstar 14 Wikipedia