Telstar 4 | |
Mission Type: | Communication |
Operator: | AT&T |
Cospar Id: | 1995-049A |
Satcat: | 23670 |
Mission Duration: | 12 years (planned) |
Spacecraft Bus: | AS-7000 |
Manufacturer: | Lockheed Martin |
Launch Date: | UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Ariane-42L H10-3 |
Launch Site: | Kourou ELA-2 |
Last Contact: | September 19, 2003 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Longitude: | 89° W |
Apsis: | gee |
Programme: | Telstar |
Previous Mission: | Telstar 402 |
Next Mission: | Telstar 5 |
Telstar 4 (also called Telstar 402R and Telstar 403) was a communications satellite owned by AT&T Corporation.
Telstar 4 was successfully launched into space on September 24, 1995, by means of an Ariane-42L vehicle from the Kourou Space Center, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 3,410 kg.
Telstar 4 stopped operating on September 19, 2003, after a short circuit in the primary power bus.[1]