Atlas V Intelsat-14 mission is proceeding as planned with the commercial launch currently scheduled for Saturday, November 14 with a launch window of 12:48-2:18 a.m. EST, just past midnight of Friday evening, November 13.The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex-41 (photo on right), Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.

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.

"This is the 44th satellite that we have built for Intelsat and it is unique because it hosts the Internet Router In Space," said John Celli, president and chief operating officer at Space Systems/Loral.

"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."

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.