Nimiq 5

[5] It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 72.7° West of the Greenwich Meridian.[6][4] When accessed using a multi-satellite receiver such as the VIP722k and a multi-satellite dish/LNB combo, such as the Dish-300, Dish-500, or Dish-Turbo 1000.4, the satellite is referred to by the on-screen diagnostics as Echostar 72 W.[7] Nimiq-5 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus.[9] At launch, it will have a mass of 4,745 kg (10,461 lb),[10] and is expected to operate for fifteen years.[11] The launch was conducted from Site 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 19:19:19 UTC on 17 September 2009.The Briz-M separated from the Proton-M nine minutes and forty one seconds into the flight and subsequently made five burns before releasing Nimiq-5 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit nine hours and fifteen minutes after liftoff.
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