Communications
TELSTAR 11N
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Telstar 11N is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. Launched in 2009, it became the first satellite to provide Ku-band coverage of the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the Equator.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 26, 2009 at 06:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
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- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Telstar 11N
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,010 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-009A
- NORAD catalog №
- 34111
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 17.6011 m²
- Status
- Operational