Geosynch Satellite Nimiq 4 passes by star HIP49031

The Nimiq satellites are a fleet of geostationary telecommunications satellites owned by Telesat Canada and used by satellite television providers including Bell TV and EchoStar (Dish Network). These satellites orbit around the Earth's equator at an altitude of 22,300 km. At this high altitude it takes them 24 hours to orbit the Earth, so they hover over one spot unlike low orbit satellites which make complete orbits in 90 minutes. 'Nimiq' is an Inuit word used for an object or a force which binds things together. A contest in 1998 was held to choose the name of these satellites. The contest drew over 36,000 entries.

Nimiq 4 was launched on September 19, 2008, by a Proton M / Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It provides advanced services such as high-definition television, specialty channels and foreign language programming.

Thanks to Kevin Fetter for ID'ing the satellite.

Manufacturer: Astrium
Satellite Type: Astrium Eurostar E3000
Weight: 4800 kg
Dimensions: 39-metre Solar array span
Power: 12 kW at end of life
Expected lifetime: 15 years
Transponders: 32 Ku, and 8 in Ka-band.

Field of view is 50 x 40 arcminutes
4:27 UTC March 8 2011 UT
HIP49031 is at 10h 00m 13.2s, -6° 42' 21" (2000.0)
Camera is Astrovid Stellacam EX
Celestron 8-inch Fastar f/2 telescope
The beeping in the background is a shortwave time signal from CHU at 3330 kHz.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Fastar
• Astrovid
• Nimiq
• Telesat
• geosynchronous
• satellite

[boxa888]

this is cool. are u taking in the communication, is that whats in the background?? please tell me some more! ive seen these things before, but one time i saw 3 that hovered stationary and then they moved in 3 opposite directions!! that time it wasnt a satillite lol. how are u listening to the satillite??