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Proton successfully completes Nimiq 6 launch

Submit on Friday, May 18th, 2012 22:59

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the Nimiq 6 satellite, designed and built for Telesat, is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan. The satellite was successfully launched yesterday from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton Briz M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
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