NIMIQ 6

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NIMIQ 6 is classified as:

Geostationary
TV

NORAD ID: 38342

Int'l Code: 2012-026A

Perigee: 35,782.9 km

Apogee: 35,804.6 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: 25.9397 m² (large)

Launch date: May 17, 2012
Source: Canada (CA)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

NIMIQ 6 was Built by Space Systems/Loral with a launch weight of 9,900 pounds (4,491 kg) and is equipped with 32 Ku-band transponders and a design life of 15 years. Telesat will position the craft at its orbital slot of 91.1 degrees West longitude. Four other Nimiq satellites, named with the Inuit word for a force which binds things together, are in orbit after being launched aboard Proton rockets from 1999 through 2009.

1 38342U 12026A   22017.64325587 -.00000161  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 38342   0.0139 341.3449 0002565 311.2354 324.9130  1.00271768 35439

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC