Nimiq 4 Blog

+ The End of Another Successful Mission

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 11:04 a.m. EDT on 23 September 2008 | 0 Comments

After a great launch, with a great team, we are now at the conclusion of our mission. All team members scheduled to come home have already left on the departure charter and we look forward to seeing them back in the office. Thanks to everyone who followed along with the blog. Dont forget, a new mission is just right around the corner.

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+ Mission Successful!

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 3:04 a.m. EDT on 20 September 2008 | 5 Comments

We have had a successful mission with the Proton M Breeze M
rocket, carrying the Nimiq 4 satellite built by EADS Astrium
for Telesat. We have had confirmation that the satellite
separated from the vehicle on schedule at 3:00 am Eastern
time, or 7:00 am GMT, 9 hours and 11 minutes after liftoff.

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+ Third and Fourth Burn Completion

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 10:00 p.m on 19 September 2008 | 2 Comments

We have confirmed that the Breeze M upper stage has successfully completed its 3rd & 4th burns, as well as jettisoning its additional propellant tank. The vehicle is now in a 5-hour coast period, during which we will have nothing to report. The 5th burn is scheduled for before 3:00 a.m. Eastern time, or 7:00 a.m. GMT. Separation of the Nimiq 4 spacecraft is scheduled to follow that by about 20 minutes.

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+ Second Burn Completion

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 7:25 p.m. EDT on 19 September 2008 | 0 Comments

As the Breeze M upper stage of our Proton M rocket continues
its climb into space with the Nimiq 4 satellitie, we have
received confirmation that the 2nd burn of the upper stage
occurred and shut down as scheduled.

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+ First Burn Completion

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 6:13 p.m. on 19 September 2008 | 2 Comments

We have received confirmation of completion of the first burn. The vehicle is now scheduled to be out of range for about an hour, after which we will hear confimation of the second burn.

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+ Stage Separations

Posted by ILS Communications Team, 6:02 p.m. EDT on 19 September 2008 | 0 Comments

We had a successful liftoff about 15 minutes ago of our Proton M Breeze M rocket, which is carrying the Nimiq 4 satellite. The three stages of the Proton vehicle have performed as planned, and it is up to the Breeze M upper stage to complete the mission. The upper stage has begun its first burn, which is scheduled to last around 8 minutes.

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