Telstar 19V

Overview

Telstar 19V

mission type	Communication
operator	Telesat
cospar id	2018-059A
satcat	43562
mission duration	15 years‡R1R‡
spacecraft bus	SSL 1300
manufacturer	Space Systems Loral
dry mass	3,031 kg
launch mass	7076 kg
launch date	22 July 2018, 05:50 UTC
launch rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5
launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-40
launch contractor	SpaceX
orbit epoch	September 4, 2018‡R2R‡
orbit reference	Geocentric
orbit regime	Geostationary
orbit semimajor	42,164 km‡R2R‡
orbit periapsis	35,784.1 km‡R2R‡
orbit apoapsis	35,803.6 km‡R2R‡
orbit inclination	0.0324°‡R2R‡
orbit eccentricity	0.0002318‡R2R‡
orbit period	1,436.1 minutes‡R2R‡
orbit longitude	63° West
apsis	gee

Telstar 19V (Telstar 19 Vantage) is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. It was built by Space Systems Loral (MAXAR) and is based on the SSL-1300 bus. The satellite was designed to provide additional capacity over the North Atlantic region.[3] As of 26 July 2018, Telstar 19V is the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched, weighing at 7,076 kg (15,600 lbs)[4] and surpassing the previous record, set by TerreStar-1 (6,910 kg/15230lbs), launched by Ariane 5ECA on 1 July 2009.

Launch

Telstar 19V was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Coast, Florida

Telstar 19V

Launch

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