Payload
DIRECTV 14
OperationalPayloadGEO
DIRECTV 14 is a DirecTV, Inc. payload satellite, launched on December 6, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 6, 2014 at 08:40 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- DirecTV-14 & GSAT-16
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,786 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DirecTV, Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,300 kg
- Power
- 20,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-078B
- NORAD catalog №
- 40333
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 34.1347 m²
- Status
- Operational
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