Nimiq was a Canadian geosynchronous communications spacecraft. Nimiq is an Inuit (Eskimo) word for "bonding strength". The spacecraft carried 35 Ku-band transponders to provide direct-broadcast voice and video communications to North America and the Arctic region after parking over 91 degrees West longitude.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1999-05-20
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 3600.0 kg