GSAT-14

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GSAT-14 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 39498

Int'l Code: 2014-001A

Perigee: 35,770.7 km

Apogee: 35,817.7 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 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   25319.82355067  .00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 39498   0.0134  61.6900 0005568 183.9452 179.9809  1.00270255 43238

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC