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Class: Communications. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: Canada. Agency: Telesat.

Function - telecommunications. Operating entity - Telesat Canada. The satellites, act as space repeaters capable of receiving transmissions from earth stations and retransmitting them to other earth stations in Canada. The antenna coverage of the satellite provides the capability of serving virtually all of Canada.

Typical orbit: 35900 km x 35927 km at 7 degrees inclination. Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb).

Anik Chronology

1978 December 16 - Anik B1 (Telesat 4) - Program: Anik. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Perigee: 35,900 km (22,300 mi). Apogee: 35,927 km (22,323 mi). Inclination: 6.60 deg. Period: 1,442.60 min.
Longitude 109.0. Function - telecommunications. Operating entity - Telesat Canada. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Americas at 109 deg W in 1978-1986 As of 29 August 2001 located at 59.48 deg E drifting at 1.672 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 13.64W drifting at 1.622W degrees per day.

1978 December 16 - DRIMS - Program: Anik. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. Perigee: 181 km (112 mi). Apogee: 1,832 km (1,138 mi). Inclination: 28.30 deg. Period: 105.26 min.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

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