GSAT-14

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GSAT-14 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 39498

Int'l Code: 2014-001A

Perigee: 35,771.6 km

Apogee: 35,814.7 km

Inclination: 0.1 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: January 5, 2014
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite that will extend India's Ku-band and C-band communications capacity with 12 transponders, along with a pair of Ka-band beacons for frequency attenuation studies. GSAT 14 will be positioned near other Indian satellites, such as INSAT 3C, INSAT 4CR and Kalpana 1. The spacecraft also carries several technological experiments, including a fiber optic gyroscope, an active pixel sun sensor and new types of thermal coatings.

1 39498U 14001A   25289.92726117 -.00000089  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 39498   0.0507 264.6369 0005114 324.6092 204.2764  1.00273794 42936

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC