The satellite was placed in an unusable orbit, following a malfunction of the Briz-M upper stage. Over a six-month period, it was maneuvered into a geosynchronous orbit, and is now near 35° East and in an inclined orbit.

Satellite description

AMC-14 is based on the Lockheed Martin A2100 satellite bus, and includes 32 Ku-band transponders

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