Payload
NIMIQ 4
OperationalPayloadGEO
NIMIQ 4 is a Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) payload satellite, launched on September 19, 2008 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 19, 2008 at 09:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Nimiq 4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,793 km
- Periapsis
- 35,775 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1435.97 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,850 kg
- Power
- 12,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33373
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 10.0118 m²
- Status
- Operational