ILS And Telesat Announce Launch Of Nimiq 6 in 2012

RESTON, VA / Ottawa, Canada, (ILS) ? International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, one of the world?s largest fixed satellite services operators, announced today a contract for the ILS Proton launch of Telesat?s Nimiq 6 satellite scheduled for mid-2012.

Nimiq 6 is an all Ku-band satellite with 32 high power transponders that will be located at 91 degrees West Longitude.� The 5 metric ton spacecraft is now under construction at Space Systems/Loral and will utilize their flight prove [...]

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