Payload
NIMIQ 2
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 27632
NIMIQ 2 is a Canada payload satellite, launched on December 29, 2002 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 29, 2002 at 11:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Nimiq 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,810 km
- Periapsis
- 35,764 km
- Inclination
- 9.43°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 3,600 kg
- Dimensions
- 4.5 × 1.8 × 1.8 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-062A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27632
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 111.2871 m²
- Status
- Operational