Proton / Nimiq 4 Upcoming Launch Coverage Fri (9-19) at 5:25 pm ET. Anik F2 trans 7C (3980 V) Analog Friday evening (9-19) International Launch Services Proton M/Breeze M rocket is scheduled to launch Nimiq 4 communications satellite for Telesat, Canada, from Launch Pad 39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled for 5:48 p.m. EDT. Spacecraft Separation is approximately 9 hours and 11 minutes after liftoff Nimiq 4, built by EADS Astrium, France is a Eurostar E3000 bus with 32 channels in Ku-band and 8 channels in Ka-band. Nimiq 4 has two payloads for Canadian broadcast services. The main payload will provide specialty television and foreign language programming. The second payload has six beams covering Canada for such advanced services as high-definition television. Nimiq satellites are dedicated to the provision of direct-to-home services for Bell TV.will be used for SES Americoms "Americom2Home" for Dish Network DBS service. Nimiq 4 will be located at 82 degrees west. Satellite Broadcast coverage: Anik F2 at 111.1°W, transponder 7 C-Band (3980 V) analog Test signals begin about 5 p.m. EDT Broadcast starts about 5:25 p.m. EDT. For those in Europe: New Skies NSS-7 22.0°W, transponder ENV8/EUH8, Channel AB, Ku-band, downlink 11684.5 horizontal, symbol rate 5632, digital PAL Test signals start at 2100 GMT Broadcast starts at 2125 GMT. Dont have a dish to view this? A live webcast of the launch is available at: http://streamvox.streamos.com/vyvx/ils091808/ Addional Coverage: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://ilslaunch.com/stories/Current_Campaigns/ -- -- Gregory S. Williams gregwilliams(at)knology.net k4hsm(at)knology.net http://www.etskywarn.net http://www.twiar.org http://www.icebearnation.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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