Telesat to replace and re-launch T14

OTTAWA – Telesat will replace its Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul satellite with a new, state-of-the-art satellite in late 2011.Space Systems/Loral will design and build the new high powered Ku-band satellite, which will be known as Telstar 14R in most service regions, and as Estrela do Sul 2 in Brazil. With 58 transponder equivalents (36 MHz), Telstar 14R will have five coverage beams: Brazil, the continental United States (including the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean), the southern cone of South America, the Andean region (including Central America and southern Caribbean), and the north and mid-Atlantic Ocean."Telstar 14R, a state-of-the-art satellite,...