Telstar 12, previously known as Orion 2, is a Canadian

communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. C ...

in the

Telstar Telstar is the name of various communications satellites. The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962. It successfully relayed through space the fir ...

series which is operated by

Telesat Telesat, formerly Telesat Canada, is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa. History Telesat began as Telesat Canada, a Canadian Crown corporation created by an Act of Parli ...

. It was originally built for Orion Network Systems, which merged with

Loral Skynet Telesat, formerly Telesat Canada, is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa. History Telesat began as Telesat Canada, a Canadian Crown corporation created by an Act of Parli ...

shortly before the satellite was launched. It was subsequently transferred to Telesat when it merged with Loral Skynet in 2007. Telstar 12 is a K_u band satellite with coverage of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

as far west as

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

, the majority of

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

and

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. Telstar 12 also has the capability to provide intercontinental connectivity including trans-Atlantic to the Mid-East.

Eutelsat Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues. Eutelsat's satellit ...

uses four transponders on the satellite for services between Europe and the Americas.www.eutelsat.org "TELSTAR 12 :: 15° West"

On 1Q 2016, Telstar 12 was replaced in its orbital position with

Telstar 12 Vantage Telstar 12V ''(Telstar 12 Vantage)'' is a communication satellite in the Telstar series of the Canadian satellite communications company Telesat. The satellite was the first dedicated commercial payload of the Japanese H-IIA H-IIA (H-2A) i ...

satellite.

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International Media Switzerland
– official provider's site
Telesat's press release of T12V availability
{{Orbital launches in 1999 Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Telstar satellites Spacecraft launched in 1999 1999 in spaceflight 1999 in Canada Satellites using the SSL 1300 bus Eutelsat satellites Ariane commercial payloads

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