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H-IIA 204 | Telstar 12 VANTAGE

Telstar 12 VANTAGE

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Launch Details

Date: 24 Nov 2015, 06:50 am UTC

Rocket: H-IIA (H-II)

Provider: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Mission Description

At an orbital location of 15° West, Telstar 12 VANTAGE will provide coverage of the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as high traffic maritime zones in the Mediterranean, North Sea, Caribbean and the South Atlantic. The satellite contains 52 Ku-band transponders at 36 MHz.