GSAT-14

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GSAT-14 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 39498

Int'l Code: 2014-001A

Perigee: 35,771.9 km

Apogee: 35,814.8 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   25290.06991514 -.00000089  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 39498   0.0504 264.5179 0005085 325.1369 255.3640  1.00273177 42947

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC