Telstar 401, 402, 402R
Telstar 401 [Lockheed Martin]
The Telstar 4 series was the successor to AT&T's Telstar 3 series. The spacecraft were built on Lockheed Martin's AS-7000 bus and featured 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders.
Telstar 402R was later renamed Telstar 4.
Telstar 401 was rendered inoperative during a geomagnetic storm on 11 January 1997 due to an electric discharge. Telstar 402 exploded shortly after launch. Telstar 4 (ex 402R) suffered a complete power breakdown in September 2003.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | AT&T → Loral Skynet |
| Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
| Equipment: | 24 C-band, 16 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | AS-7000 |
| Propulsion: | 2 LEROS-1B |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 3775 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telstar 401 | 16.12.1993 | CC LC-36B | Atlas-2AS | ||
| Telstar 402 | 09.09.1994 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-42L H10+ | ||
| Telstar 402R → Telstar 4 (ex Telstar 403) | 24.09.1995 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-42L H10-3 |
Further Telstar missions:
- Telstar 301, 302, 303 (HS-376)
- Telstar 401, 402, 402R (AS-7000)
- Telstar 5, 6, 7 (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 8, 9 (SSL-1300S)
- Telstar 10 (APStar 2R) (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 11 (Eurostar-2000)
- Telstar 11N (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 12 (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 13 (Echostar 9) (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 14 (Estrela do Sul 1) (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 14R (Estrela do Sul 2) (SSL-1300)
- Telstar 18 (APStar 5) (SSL-1300)
