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RE: Intelsat 14 Satellite

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A planned launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has been scrubbed. Reasons for the cancellation were not readily known at the time this story was published. The launch of the commercial Intelsat-14 satellite from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral was expected to happen sometime between 12:48 a.m. and 2:18 a.m. Saturday morning.
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The launch of the Atlas 5 rocket (AV-024) with the Intelsat 14 communications spacecraft has been postponed by 24 hours due to a technical problem.
A new launch time will be announced shortly.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in 431 vehicle configuration with a four-meter nose cone is scheduled to launch the Intelsat 14 telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41, at the start of a 90-minute launch window that extends from 05:48 to 07:18 GMT, 14th November, 2009.

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"This is the 44th satellite that we have built for Intelsat, and it is unique because it hosts the Internet Router In Space. Space Systems/Loral has significant experience putting government payloads on commercial satellites. Our platform, the 1300, is particularly well-suited to carry multiple payloads because of the extensive mounting space on its Earth-facing surface, high- power capability, and standard interfaces" - John Celli, president and chief operating officer at Space Systems/Loral.

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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the leader in high-power commercial satellites, today announced that it delivered a satellite built for Intelsat, the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it is scheduled to launch later this year aboard an Atlas V rocket. The Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14), which includes the first Internet Router In Space (IRIS), expands on SS/L's experience integrating hosted payloads on commercial spacecraft.

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IS-14 is a fixed satellite services (FSS) spacecraft, which will replace the Intelsat 1R satellite at 315 degrees East longitude where it will ensure continued service for enterprises, governments, service and media providers to deliver information and entertainment around the world. The IRIS payload, which was provided by Cisco Systems, will enable converged, space-ground network services including more efficient bandwidth usage, anytime-anywhere on-demand broadband services, last mile connectivity solutions, efficient one-hop communications, and next generation voice, video and data applications.

Source Space Systems/Loral Press Release