Payload
NIMIQ 6
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 38342
NIMIQ 6 is a Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 17, 2012 at 07:12 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,776 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,745 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5.6 × 2.6 × 2.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-026A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38342
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 14.093 m²
- Status
- Operational