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Designator id: 1999-027A

Description of NIMIQ 1 Satellite:

Nimiq was a Canadian geosynchronous communications spacecraft. Nimiq is an Inuit (Eskimo) word for "bonding strength". The spacecraft carried 35 Ku-band transponders to provide direct-broadcast voice and video communications to North America and the Arctic region after parking over 91 degrees West longitude.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1999-05-20
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 3600.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
Telesat Canada Ltd., Ottawa (Canada)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 25740U 99027A   12335.60000000 -.00000165  00000-0  00000+0 0  2057
2 25740 000.0600 063.0270 0004430 237.2350 254.5140 01.00272595 49608

Last TLE update on :2012-12-01

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