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Telstar 12V
Canadian communication satellite launched in 2015. Telstar 12V was launched on November 24, 2015 aboard a H-IIA 204 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-068ANORAD 41036Canada
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Telstar 12 Vantage
- Common name
- Telstar 12V
- Payload designation
- Telstar 12V
- International designator
- 2015-068A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41036
- GCAT identifier
- S41036
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Telstar
- Owner
- Telesat/Skynet
- Country
- Canada
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space (F) Toulouse
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 3000
Launch
- Date
- November 24, 2015 · 06:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-068Success
- Rocket
- H-IIA 204
- Spaceport
- Tanegashima · pad Y
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 24, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,900 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,170 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 39.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18462966 (CC0).