Canadian commercial communications satellite
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
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
January
USA-280 / Zuma
BeiDou-3 M7 , BeiDou-3 M8
Cartosat-2F , ICEYE-X1 , Microsat-TD , Arkyd-6A , Carbonite-2 , Flock-3p' × 4 , Fox-1D , Landmapper BC 3 v2 , Lemur-2 × 4 , PicSat , SpaceBEE × 4
USA-281 / Topaz-5
Jilin-1 Video-07 , Jilin-1 Video-08 , Kepler 0 KIPP
USA-282 / SBIRS-GEO-4
Humanity Star , Dove Pioneer , Lemur-2 × 2
Yaogan 30-04 (3 satellites)
SES-14 , Al Yah 3
GovSat-1 / SES-16
February March April May June July August September October November 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 × 3 , IRVINE02 , Landmapper BC 4 , MinXSS-2 , Orbital Reflector , PW-Sat 2 , SpaceBEE × 3
GSAT-11 , GEO-KOMPSAT 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 × 12 , Lemur-2 × 8 , Lume-1
Yunhai-2 01 (6 satellites)
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
SpaceX missions and payloads
Launch vehicles Falcon 1 missions Falcon 9 missions
Demonstrations ISS logisticsCrewed Commercial satellites
SES-8
Thaicom 6
Orbcomm OG2 × 6
AsiaSat 8
AsiaSat 6
ABS-3A / Eutelsat 115 West B
TürkmenÄlem 52°E
Orbcomm OG2 × 11
SES-9
JCSAT-14
Thaicom 8
ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117 West B
JCSAT-16
AMOS-6 †
Iridium NEXT 1–10
EchoStar 23
SES-10
Inmarsat-5 F4
BulgariaSat-1
Iridium NEXT 11–20
Intelsat 35e
Iridium NEXT 21–30
SES-11
Koreasat 5A
Iridium NEXT 31–40
Hispasat 30W-6
Iridium NEXT 41–50
Bangabandhu-1
Iridium NEXT 51–55
SES-12
Telstar 19V
Iridium NEXT 56–65
Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)
Telstar 18V
Es'hail 2
Iridium NEXT 66–75
Nusantara Satu / Beresheet
Amos 17
JCSAT -18
SXM 7
Türksat 5A
SXM 8
Türksat 5B
Nilesat-301
SES-22
Galaxy 33 ,34
Hotbird 13F
Hotbird 13G
Galaxy 31,32
Eutelsat 10B
OneWeb #15
O3b mPOWER 1,2
OneWeb #16
Amazonas Nexus
OneWeb #17
SES 18,19
Intelsat 40e
O3b mPOWER 3,4
Iridium NEXT 76-80 and OneWeb #19
ArabSat 7B
SATRIA
Galaxy 37
O3b mPOWER 5,6
Ovzon -3
Merah Putih 2
Eutelsat 36D
Galileo FOC FM25,27
WorldView Legion 1,2
Astra 1P
Türksat 6A
ASBM 1,2
WorldView Legion 3,4
BlueBird Block 1
Galileo FOC FM26,32
OneWeb #20
Koreasat 6A
Optus-X /TD7
GSAT-20
SXM 9
O3b mPOWER 7,8
Scientific satellites Military satellites Starlink Rideshares
Falcon Heavy missions Starship missions
Flight tests Crewed Commercial satellites
Ongoing spaceflights are underlined
Future missions and vehicles under development in italics
Failed missions† are marked with dagger †