Communications
TELSTAR 12V
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Telstar 12V (Telstar 12 Vantage) is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. The satellite was the first dedicated commercial payload of the Japanese H-IIA launch vehicle.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 24, 2015 at 06:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 204 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- Telstar 12 VANTAGE
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-068A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41036
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 29.9526 m²
- Status
- Operational