NIMIQ 2
Launch
Launched on Dec 29, 2002 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | Nimiq 2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:52 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Telesat
Country
Canada
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 29, 2002
Mass
—
Apogee
35,818 km
Perigee
35,772 km
Inclination
9.63°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for NIMIQ 2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35772 × 35818 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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