ADVISORY/ILS Proton to Launch Nimiq 2.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (Dec. 29) --(BUSINESS WIRE) International Launch Services International Launch Services (or ILS) was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between the United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LM) (LM sold their part later) and the Russian firms Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and RSC (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ):
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 Khrunichev State Research and Production
Manufacturer: Space Center, Moscow - Proton and Breeze
M upper stage
Launch Services International Launch Services (ILS),
Provider: McLean, Va.
Satellite Use: Direct-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 Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
at Separation: 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 Galaxy IV, transponder 18/C-band, 99
in U.S.: 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.
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