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 Atlas
V Intelsat-14 Mission Overview
Rocket/Payload: Atlas V launching the commercial
Intelsat-14 satellite on behalf of Lockheed Martin Commercial
Launch Services.
Date/Launch Time/Site: Nov. 23, with a
launch window of 12:50-2:20 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41,
Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. If the launch scrubs, the launch
window for a second launch attempt on Nov. 24 is the same.
Launch Notes: This is fifth Atlas V launch
of 2009 and the 19th overall launch in Atlas V program history.
With the Intelsat-14 launch, nearly half of the Atlas V launches
will have been commercial missions (nine commercial missions
and 10 government missions). This mission, designated AV-024,
will be launched aboard an Atlas
V 431
configuration
using a Common Core Booster powered by an RD-180 engine,
three Aerojet strap-on solid rocket boosters, a Centaur upper
stage powered by a Pratt & Whitney-manufactured RL10
engine and a 4-meter diameter fairing.
Payload Description: The Intelsat-14 spacecraft
will provide high-powered video and data services through
its 40 C-band and 22 Ku-band payload to customers throughout
the Americas, Europe and Africa. It will replace the Intelsat
IS-1R satellite once it’s operational. Intelsat-14
was built by Space Systems/Loral and also hosts a payload
for the Internet Router in Space, or IRIS program, for the
Department of Defense.
Watch the Launch Online: A live simulcast
of the TV broadcast of the launch will be available on
the ULA
Web cast page beginning
at 12:30 a.m. EST on launch day.
Launch Updates: To
keep up to speed with updates to the launch countdown,
dial the ULA launch hotline at 1-877-852-4321. Or follow
our launch updates on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ulalaunch.
Go Atlas V! Go Centaur! Go Intelsat-14! |
