International Launch Services (ILS):

Payload:

  • Nimiq 2
  • A2100AX platform
  • Separated mass: approx. 3600 kg (7937 lbs)

Launch Vehicle:

  • Proton M/Breeze M
  • Weight at liftoff: 691,272 kg(1.5 million lbs),including payload
  • Height: 61 m (200 ft)

Launch Date:

  • Monday, Dec. 30 (Baikonur)
  • Sunday, Dec. 29 (North America)

Launch Window Opens:

  • 4:17 a.m. (Baikonur)
  • 23:17 Dec. 29 GMT
  • 6:17 p.m. Dec. 29 (EST/U.S. & Canada)

Launch Site:

  • Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
  • Launch Complex 81, Pad 24

End User:
Telesat Canada

Satellite Manufacturer:

  • Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer:

  • Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow – Proton and Breeze M upper stage

Launch Services Provider:

  • International Launch Services (ILS), McLean, Va.

Satellite Use:
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  • irect-to-home broadcasting services across Canada for Bell ExpressVu

Satellite Statistics:

  • — 2nd in Nimiq DBS constellation
  • — 14th to be launched for Telesat in 30 years
  • — Final orbital location: 91 degrees West longitude
  • — Anticipated service life of 12 years
  • — 32 Ku-band transponders, plus Ka-band payload

Mission Profile:

  • The Proton M/Breeze M launch vehicle will
    inject the Nimiq 2 satellite into
    geosynchronous transfer orbit. The first
    three stages will use a standard ascent
    trajectory and will separate the Breeze M
    upper stage with the satellite
    suborbitally. The Breeze M will then
    ignite the first time and reach a 213 km
    (132-mile) circular parking orbit,
    inclined at 51.6 degrees. Then the
    satellite will be propelled to its
    transfer orbit by three additional burns
    of the Breeze M. Following the fourth
    burn and separation from the upper
    stage, the spacecraft will perform a
    series of liquid apogee engine burns to
    circularize the orbit at the
    geostationary altitude of 36,000 km
    (22,300 miles).

Target Orbit at Separation:

  • Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
  • Perigee: 7,700 km (4785 miles)
  • Inclination: 16.8 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:

  • Approximately 6 hours, 53 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:

  • — 2nd mission with Proton M/Breeze M
  • — 7th LMCSS-built satellite on Proton
  • — 10th ILS mission this year
  • — 5th ILS Proton mission this year
  • — 26th ILS mission on Proton since formation of the U.S.- Russian joint venture in 1995

Live Broadcast in U.S.:

  • Galaxy IV, transponder 18/C-band, 99 degrees West analog, downlink 4060 MHz Test signals at 5:45 p.m. EST; broadcast starts at 6 p.m.

More Information:

  • Live webcast and general mission information are available on the ILS web site at www.ilslaunch.com.

  • Launch status updates are available on the ILS U.S.domestic Launch Hotline at 800/852-4980.