Nimiq 4 at 82° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 82° WChannel line-up at 82° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 33373
- COSPAR number
- 2008-044A
- Operator
- Telesat Canada Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Model
- Eurostar-3000S
- Launch
- 19 Sept 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Proton M
- Launch mass
- 4850 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ku-band Canada Beam (Ku band) View footprint
About Nimiq 4
32 active high-power transponders Ku-band and 8 Ka-band transponders to provide digital HDTV to Canada and America. Fully leased to Bell TV.