GSAT-14

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GSAT-14
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorISRO
COSPAR ID2014-001A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.39498
Mission durationPlanned: 12 years
Elapsed: 10 years, 3 months, 21 days
Spacecraft properties
ISRO Satellite Centre
Space Applications Centre
Launch mass1,982 kilograms (4,370 lb)
Dry mass851 kilograms (1,876 lb)
Power2,600 watts
Start of mission
Launch date5 January 2014, 10:48 (2014-01-05UTC10:48Z) UTC
SLP
ContractorISRO
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude74° East
Perigee altitude35,776 kilometres (22,230 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude35,809 kilometres (22,251 mi)[2]
Inclination0.11 degrees[2]
Period1436.12 minutes[2]
Epoch22 January 2015, 20:39:21 UTC[2]
Transponders
Band6 Ku band
6 ext. C band
2 Ka band
Coverage areaIndia
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GSAT-14 is an Indian communications satellite launched in January 2014. It replaced the GSAT-3 satellite, which was launched in 2004. GSAT-14 was launched[3] by a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, which incorporated an Indian-built cryogenic engine on the third stage.

Satellite

GSAT-14 is part of the

ISRO, it is based around the I-2K satellite bus, and has a dry mass of 851 kilograms (1,876 lb). With fuel, its mass is 1,982 kilograms (4,370 lb). The spacecraft has a design life of 12 years.[4]

The satellite carries six

solar arrays, generating 2,600 watts of power.[4]

Launch

A launch attempt on 19 August 2013, with a planned liftoff at 11:20 UTC (4:50 pm local time),[7][8] was scrubbed following a reported second stage fuel leak.[9][10] While the probe for the failure to launch was in progress, ISRO had decided to replace the liquid second stage (GS-2) with a new one.[11] In the process, all the four liquid strap-on stages were replaced with new ones.[11]

The satellite was launched from the

Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, atop a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II (GSLV Mk.II) rocket at 10:48 UTC (16:18 local time) on 5 January 2014.[12] The 29-hour countdown began on 4 January 2014.[13]

The flight marked India's forty-first satellite launch, the eighth launch of a GSLV, and the second flight of the Mk.II variant, whose maiden flight with GSAT-4 had failed in 2010. It ended a run of four consecutive GSLV launch failures which began with INSAT-4C in 2006.[14] The launch marked the first successful flight test of the CE-7.5, India's first cryogenically fuelled rocket engine.

References

  1. ^ Subramanian, T. S. (22 December 2013). "GSLV-D5 to lift off on 5 January". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "GSAT-14 Satellite details 2014-001A NORAD 39498". N2YO. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ "ISRO successfully launches indigenous cryogenic engine-powered GSLV-D5". The Times of India. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "GSLV-D5 Brochure" (PDF). ISRO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ^ "GSLV to launch GSAT–14 during mid-2012". The Hindu. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Statistics".
  7. ^ "Successful ignition of indigenous cryogenic engine". The Hindu. Chennai. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ "ISRO's GSLV-D5 slated for August 19 launch". Zee Media Bureau. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  9. ^ "ISRO aborts GSLV-D5 launch after fuel leak". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  10. ^ "ISRO's GSLV-D5 launch put on hold due to fuel leakage". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  11. ^ a b "ISRO to make new stage for GSLV". 14 September 2013. Deccan Herald 13 September 2013
  12. ^ "GSLV-D5 with Indigenous Cryogenic Stage successfully launches GSAT-14 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota on 5 January 2014". ISRO. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  13. ^ "GSLV-D5 is ready to put GSAT-14 into orbit". Crazy Engineers. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  14. ^ Graham, William (19 August 2013). "Indian GSLV set to launch GSAT-14 communications satellite". NASASpaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

External links

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