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Designator id: 2009-050A

Description of NIMIQ 5 Satellite:

Nimiq 5, a Canadian commercial communications satellite, was launched on a Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage from Baikonur on 17 September 2009 at 19:19 UT. The satellite carries 32 Ku-band transponders to beam direct-to-home programming to North America. The 4,745 kg satellite has a 15 year design lifetime and is intended for geosynchronous orbit at a longitude of 72.7° W.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-09-17
Launch Vehicle: Proton
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan

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

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 35873U 09050A   12336.18450485 -.00000248  00000-0  10000-3 0  6288
2 35873 000.0524 091.2158 0002875 165.8828 167.0765 01.00270812 11774

Last TLE update on :2012-12-01

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