TELESAT'S NEW NIMIQ 5 SATELLITE ROARING INTO SPACE
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 10980 Registered: Jan-08 | C/P: The Nimiq 5 satellite was launched on September 18, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a ILS Proton rocket. To view a video of the launch please click on, www.ilslaunch.com/nimiq-5-mission-control, and click on the broadcast link. |
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Silver Member Username: BernardmiPost Number: 654 Registered: Dec-07 | Aha ! Very good and useful info Plymouth. It is interesting however to note that Canadians will not benefit from it !!!. It will be rented to EchoStar only. The news release says: "Nimiq 5 will contribute significant revenue and EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) to our results and builds upon our already strong relationship with EchoStar. We greatly value the trust EchoStar has placed in Telesat and look forward to delivering the quality and reliability over the life of Nimiq 5 they have come to expect from Telesat." |
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 10996 Registered: Jan-08 | The Outer Limits Bev will use this satellite but not for the Television but communication.  |
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Silver Member Username: BernardmiPost Number: 656 Registered: Dec-07 | No not at all Plymouth. Entirely rented to DN. Bev will use an entirely new satellite in 2010. Not Nimiq 5. ------------------------------- Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar, which previously had contracted to lease half of Nimiq 5's capacity, will now lease all 32 Ku-band transponders for Nimiq 5's expected 15-year service life. EchoStar plans to make the capacity available to its sister company, satellite-television provider Dish Network. Nimiq 5 will operate at 72.7 degrees west. In the place of Nimiq 5, Bell TV will use the Telesat satellite to be ordered in 2010 to augment its capacity at 82 degrees and 91 degrees west, Telesat said. |
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Silver Member Username: BernardmiPost Number: 657 Registered: Dec-07 | Geeeeeeeeeeeee...... The satellite weighs 4750 kg !!!!! Probably the size of a school bus. What a monster !!!!! http://www.spacenews.com/launch/telesat-eyes-new-satellite.html |
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Silver Member Username: BernardmiPost Number: 658 Registered: Dec-07 | Look at it being loaded into an Antonov carrier !!!! http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ssloral.com/... |
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Silver Member Username: Last_supperNazerith , Isreal Post Number: 115 Registered: May-09 | What a monster..Thanks for info TOL....Oh! and thanks for correcting Plmouth again!! |
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 10999 Registered: Jan-08 | Thanks for the new Info The Outer Limits, first off it was for Bev and Dn, but it seems that they changed it. Jesus This is a big change from the original! I'm not God but only the MOD. |
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 11000 Registered: Jan-08 | Here is a old info on Nimiq 5: C/P:http://sats.client.shareholder.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=950134-08-4933 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) : March 11, 2008 ECHOSTAR CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NEVADA 001-33807 26-1232727 (State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer incorporation) Identification No.) 90 INVERNESS CIRCLE E. ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO (Address of principal executive offices) 80112 (Zip Code) (303) 706-4444 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4© under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4©) Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On March 11, 2008 (the "Effective Date"), EchoStar Corporation ("EchoStar") entered into a transponder service agreement (the "Transponder Agreement") with Bell ExpressVu Inc., in its capacity as General Partner of Limited Partnership ("Bell ExpressVu"), which provides, among other things, for the provision by Bell ExpressVu to EchoStar of service on sixteen (16) BSS transponders on the Nimiq 5 satellite at the 72.7° W.L. orbital location, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Transponder Agreement. The Nimiq 5 satellite is expected to be launched in the second half of 2009. Bell ExpressVu currently has the right to receive service on the entire communications capacity of the Nimiq 5 satellite pursuant to an agreement with Telesat Canada. On March 11, 2008, EchoStar also entered into a transponder service agreement with DISH Network L.L.C. ("DISH L.L.C."), a wholly-owned subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation ("DISH Network", pursuant to which DISH L.L.C. will receive service from EchoStar on all of the BSS transponders covered by the Transponder Agreement (the "DISH Agreement"). DISH Network guaranteed certain obligations of EchoStar under the Transponder Agreement. DISH Network was EchoStar's former parent corporation and is an affiliate of EchoStar by virtue of their common controlling shareholder, Charles W. Ergen. In addition, certain officers and directors of DISH Network, including Charles W. Ergen, are also directors and officers of EchoStar. Under the terms of the Transponder Agreement, EchoStar will make certain up-front payments to Bell ExpressVu through the service commencement date on the Nimiq 5 satellite and thereafter will make certain monthly payments to Bell ExpressVu for the remainder of the service term. Unless earlier terminated under the terms and conditions of the Transponder Agreement, the service term will expire fifteen years following the actual service commencement date of the Nimiq 5 satellite. Upon expiration of this initial term, EchoStar has the option to continue to receive service on the Nimiq 5 satellite on a month-to-month basis. Upon a launch failure, in-orbit failure or end-of-life of the Nimiq 5 satellite, and in certain other circumstances, EchoStar has certain rights to receive service from Bell ExpressVu on a replacement satellite. Under the terms of the DISH Agreement, DISH L.L.C. will make certain monthly payments to EchoStar commencing when the Nimiq 5 satellite is placed into service (the "In-Service Date") and continuing through the service term. Unless earlier terminated under the terms and conditions of the DISH Agreement, the service term will expire ten years following the In-Service Date. Upon expiration of the initial term, DISH L.L.C. has the option to renew the DISH Agreement on a year-to-year basis through the end-of-life of the Nimiq 5 satellite. Upon a launch failure, in-orbit failure or end-of-life of the Nimiq 5 satellite, and in certain other circumstances, DISH L.L.C. has certain rights to receive service from EchoStar on a replacement satellite. On March 11, 2008, a subsidiary of EchoStar entered into a set-top box pricing agreement (the "Pricing Agreement") with Bell ExpressVu, Bell Distribution Inc. and Bell Canada. Under the Pricing Agreement, the parties amended their existing arrangements to, among other things, provide current pricing on set-top boxes and related equipment that reflects a material decrease from prices that Bell ExpressVu currently pays. As part of the Pricing Agreement, Bell ExpressVu will also pay the subsidiary a monthly fee for support services that the subsidiary had previously provided to Bell ExpressVu at no cost, subject to Bell ExpressVu's right to cease paying such monthly fee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Pricing Agreement. Bell can use this satellite if one of their satellite is decfective |
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Bronze Member Username: Watch_dogPost Number: 35 Registered: Apr-09 | Trying to get out of the box again.  Why start a thread with old info? Good job TOL keep the clown straight. |
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Bronze Member Username: FerozNew york, New york U s a Post Number: 92 Registered: Aug-06 |  si |
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Silver Member Username: SumpPost Number: 315 Registered: Aug-09 | http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/press-center/press-releases/2009/astrium-delivers -amazonas-2-satellite-to-launch-site |
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Silver Member Username: BernardmiPost Number: 659 Registered: Dec-07 | Interesting as well sump. It will carry Direct to Home broadcasts. To be followed in a month probably ! |
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