Payload
ANIK F1R
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 28868
ANIK F1R is a Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) payload satellite, launched on September 8, 2005 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 8, 2005 at 09:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Anik F1R
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,804 km
- Periapsis
- 35,770 km
- Inclination
- 4.3°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,500 kg
- Power
- 10,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5.8 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2005-036A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28868
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 12.5892 m²
- Status
- Operational