Telstar 18V

Canadian commercial communications satellite

Not to be confused with earlier satellite Telstar 18 or football model Adidas Telstar 18.

Telstar 18V
Spacecraft properties
Launch of Telstar 18V
Names	Telstar 18 Vantage Apstar-5C

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Telstar
COSPAR ID	2018-068C
SATCAT no.	43611
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 6 years, 6 months, 21 days (elapsed)

Bus	SSL-1300
Manufacturer	SSL
Launch mass	7,060 kg (15,560 lb)
Power	14 kW

Start of mission
Launch date	10 September 2018, UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 B1049.1
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, SLC-40
Contractor	SpaceX
Entered service	October 2018

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	138° East

Transponders
Band	64 transponders: Ku-band, C-band
Coverage area	Asia
Telstar ← Telstar 18 Telstar 19V →

Telstar 18V (Telstar 18 Vantage / APStar 5C) is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat.^[1] T18V will be equipped with C and Ku-band transponders and operate from 138° East. At 7,060 kilograms (15,560 lb), it is the second-heaviest communication satellite ever launched, weighing slightly less than its sibling Telstar 19V.^[2]

Launch

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Telstar 18V was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Space Coast, Florida, United States, on September 10, 2018, at 12:45 AM EDT (4:45 UTC). It was deployed into a subsynchronous transfer orbit (lower than the typical geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)) approximately 32 minutes after rocket's liftoff.^[3]

References

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^ "Telesat, APT Partner on Replacement of Joint Satellite - SpaceNews.com". Spacenews.com. December 25, 2015.
^ "SpaceX Launches New Communications Satellite, Sticks Rocket Landing". Space.com . September 10, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
^ "Telstar 18 Vantage Mission". September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

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May	Apstar 6C InSight, MarCO A , MarCO B Gaofen 5 Bangabandhu-1 Chang'e 4 Relay, Longjiang 1, Longjiang 2 Cygnus CRS OA-9E (EnduroSat One , EQUiSat , Lemur-2 ×ばつ 4, RaInCube ) Iridium NEXT 51–55, GRACE-FO 1, GRACE-FO 2
June	Gaofen-6 SES-12 Fengyun-2H Soyuz MS-09 IGS-Radar 6 GLONASS-M 756 / Kosmos 2527 XJSS A, B Dragon CRS-15 (Biarri-Squad ×ばつ 3, BHUTAN-1, Maya-1, UiTMSAT-1)
July	PRSS-1, PakTES-1A BeiDou IGSO-7 Progress MS-09 Telstar 19V Galileo FOC 19–22 Iridium NEXT 56–65 BeiDou-3 M5, M6 Gaofen 11
August	Telkom-4 / Merah Putih Parker Solar Probe ADM-Aeolus BeiDou-3 M11, BeiDou-3 M12
September	HY-1C Telstar 18V ICESat-2 — SSTL S1-4, NovaSAR-1 BeiDou-3 M13, M14 Kounotori 7 Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38, Horizons-3e CentiSpace-1-S1
October	SAOCOM 1A Yaogan 32A, 32B Soyuz MS-10 BeiDou-3 M15, M16 AEHF-4 BepiColombo HY 2B Lotos-S1 No. 3 / Kosmos 2528 Weilai-1 CFOSAT GOSAT-2, KhalifaSat, Diwata-2B, Stars-AO, AUTcube2
November	BeiDou-3 G1Q Kosmos 2529 / GLONASS-M 757 MetOp-C IRVINE01 , Lemur-2 ×ばつ 2 GSAT-29 Es'hail 2 Progress MS-10 Cygnus NG-10 BeiDou-3 M17, BeiDou-3 M18 Shiyan 6-01 Mohammed VI-B HySIS, Blacksky Global 1, FACSAT-1 , Flock-3r ×ばつ 16, Kepler 1 CASE , Lemur-2 ×ばつ 4 Kosmos 2530 / Strela-3M 16, Kosmos 2531 / Strela-3M 17, Kosmos 2532 / Strela-3M 18
December	Soyuz MS-11 SHERPA, Blacksky Global 2, Capella 1, ESEO, Eu:CROPIS, FalconSAT 6, ICEYE X2, SkySat 14, SkySat 15, STPSat 5, ENOCH , Flock-3s ×ばつ 3, IRVINE02 , Landmapper BC 4 , MinXSS-2 , Orbital Reflector , PW-Sat 2 , SpaceBEE ×ばつ 3 GSAT-11, Chollian-2A SpaceX CRS-16 (TechEdSat 8, UNITE ) Chang'e 4 (Yutu-2) CubeSail , RSat-P , STF-1 GSAT-7A CSO-1 Kosmos 2533 / Blagovest-13L USA-289 / GPS IIIA-01 Kanopus-V No. 5, No. 6, Flock-3k ×ばつ 12, Lemur-2 ×ばつ 8, Lume-1 Yunhai-2 01 (6 satellites)
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