NIMIQ 6
Launch
Launched on May 17, 2012 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.
Proton-M Briz-M | Nimiq 6 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:15 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Canadian Space Agency
Country
Canada
Manufacturer
—
Launched
May 17, 2012
Mass
—
Apogee
35,807 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
0.05°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for NIMIQ 6 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.5 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35784 × 35807 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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