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Lockheed
Martin to Build and Launch Nimiq 2
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Telesat Canada
has selected Lockheed Martin to build and launch Nimiq 2. No
financial terms were disclosed. The satellite will use an Atlas 5
vehicle of the 500 series (with a 5-m-wide payload fairing),
backed up by a Proton. The satellite is scheduled for launch in
the fourth quarter of 2002, to be located at 91°W. The launch
will be provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
 The
high power Ku/Ka-band Nimiq 2 will use a Lockheed Martin A2100AX
satellite bus with an operational design life of 12 years. It will
carry 32 active 24 MHz Ku-band transponders with 120-watt power
amplifiers and a Ka-band payload to provide broadband services.
Separately, on
June 21, Industry
Canada licensed Telesat Canada's bid to design, build and
launch a new the C- and Ku-band communications satellite, Anik F3,
that will deliver a wide range of telecommunications. Anik F3 will
be positioned at 118.7°W. The new satellite is to be launched by
2003. The bid was selected over
a rival proposal from Bird Satellite Communications Inc. that was
backed by Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
Telesat
Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc.
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