Nimiq 4 Flight Status
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Its out on the pad.
Man, I hope this new bird will cover down here in Florida. This last bunch of tp changes screwed up LeafsTV HD for me, with hockey season only a few weeks away.
Man, I hope this new bird will cover down here in Florida. This last bunch of tp changes screwed up LeafsTV HD for me, with hockey season only a few weeks away.
It is going up on a Proton Breeze M.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope it makes it where it is suppose to.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope it makes it where it is suppose to.
Everything looks good thru the first burn of the Breeze M. 4 more burns and 9 hours from now it should be in position.
is there a coverage map of Nimiq 4 anywhere online? Just wondering how far south of the border the coverage will go...
Waiting for confirmation of 3 & 4 Burn -Silent Zone
Posted by ILS Communications Team, 7:25 p.m. EDT on 19 September 2008
As the Breeze M upper stage of our Proton M rocket continues its climb into space with the Nimiq 4 satellitie, we have received confirmation that the 2nd burn of the upper stage occurred and shut down as scheduled.
The next events are scheduled for about 2 hours from now. The Breeze M upper stage will ingite for a 3rd time and burn about 10 minutes; after that the additional propellant tank will be jettisoned, and the 4th burn will start. All this will happen in a span of about 20 minutes while the vehicle is again out of range of a ground station. We should reacquire the vehicle shortly after the 4th burn ends
Posted by ILS Communications Team, 7:25 p.m. EDT on 19 September 2008
As the Breeze M upper stage of our Proton M rocket continues its climb into space with the Nimiq 4 satellitie, we have received confirmation that the 2nd burn of the upper stage occurred and shut down as scheduled.
The next events are scheduled for about 2 hours from now. The Breeze M upper stage will ingite for a 3rd time and burn about 10 minutes; after that the additional propellant tank will be jettisoned, and the 4th burn will start. All this will happen in a span of about 20 minutes while the vehicle is again out of range of a ground station. We should reacquire the vehicle shortly after the 4th burn ends
Nimiq 4 -3 & 4 Burn Confirmation details
We have confirmed that the Breeze M upper stage has successfully completed its 3rd & 4th burns, as well as jettisoning its additional propellant tank. The vehicle is now in a 5-hour coast period, during which we will have nothing to report. The 5th burn is scheduled for around 3:00 a.m. Eastern time, or 7:00 a.m. GMT. Separation of the Nimiq 4 spacecraft is scheduled to follow that by about 20 minutes.
We have confirmed that the Breeze M upper stage has successfully completed its 3rd & 4th burns, as well as jettisoning its additional propellant tank. The vehicle is now in a 5-hour coast period, during which we will have nothing to report. The 5th burn is scheduled for around 3:00 a.m. Eastern time, or 7:00 a.m. GMT. Separation of the Nimiq 4 spacecraft is scheduled to follow that by about 20 minutes.
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telesat's Nimiq 4 Satellite
N4 has reached geosynchronous transfer orbit.
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telesat's Nimiq 4 Satellite - MarketWatch
N4 has reached geosynchronous transfer orbit.
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Telesat's Nimiq 4 Satellite - MarketWatch
Nimiq 4 location
10,000 km to go (up).
Epoch (UTC): 12:03:09, Tuesday, September 23, 2008Eccentricity: 0.1375958Inclination: 1.6818°Perigee height: 25534 kmApogee height: 35717 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 335.1107°Argument of perigee: 359.8081°Revolutions per day: 1.21964573Mean anomaly at epoch: 31.6259°Orbit number at epoch: 8
10,000 km to go (up).
Epoch (UTC): 12:03:09, Tuesday, September 23, 2008Eccentricity: 0.1375958Inclination: 1.6818°Perigee height: 25534 kmApogee height: 35717 kmRight Ascension of ascending node: 335.1107°Argument of perigee: 359.8081°Revolutions per day: 1.21964573Mean anomaly at epoch: 31.6259°Orbit number at epoch: 8
They are burning rubber on this one! Almost home with about 100 km to go,
Epoch (UTC):
06:43:45, Saturday, September 27, 2008 Eccentricity: 0.0013363 Inclination: 0.0554° Perigee height: 35634 kmApogee height: 35747 km Right Ascension of ascending node: 333.7973° Argument of perigee: 43.4721° Revolutions per day: 1.00613395 Mean anomaly at epoch: 4.6314° Orbit number at epoch: 12
Epoch (UTC):
06:43:45, Saturday, September 27, 2008 Eccentricity: 0.0013363 Inclination: 0.0554° Perigee height: 35634 kmApogee height: 35747 km Right Ascension of ascending node: 333.7973° Argument of perigee: 43.4721° Revolutions per day: 1.00613395 Mean anomaly at epoch: 4.6314° Orbit number at epoch: 12
Thanks for the updates Nelson. Keeping fingers crossed for a great NA footprint when it goes live!
A bunch of stations went Off Air overnight which is a pretty good sign they are changing over
Some channels still Off Air this morning inculde: 802, 808, 815, 818, 821, 831 & 845.
Check laster today and see if you get a signal on these.
Those channels are back, and still missing the usual odd numbered tp's here in SW Florida.
Looks like the day of reckoning for us southern/western subs will be soon to see if we will get all channels back, or lose them all.
