NIMIQ

NORAD 38342 · COSPAR 2012-026A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #5161 @ 35775 x 35798 km x 0.0604 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-13 13:36 UTC Â· 15 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Altitude —

Velocity —

Next visible passes

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Current TLE

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NIMIQ 6
1 38342U 12026A 26286.56672356 -.00000174 00000-0 00000-0 0 09998
2 38342 0.0604 70.5691 0002821 129.9840 294.5202 1.00271904051617

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 18th 2012

Spacecraft age

14 years, 4 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)

Purpose

Communications

Orbit class

GEO

Launch site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Launch vehicle

Breeze M

Contractor

Space Systems/Loral

Launch mass

4,745 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

0.0604Â°

Period

1436.1 min

Perigee

35775 km

Apogee

35798 km

Eccentricity

0.0002821

RAAN

70.5691Â°

Arg of Perigee

129.984Â°

Mean Motion

1.00271904 rev/d