Nimiq 5 Blog
+ Barbeque
After our barbeque on Thursday welcoming everyone to launch base, the weekend has been very quiet while spacecraft standalone operations continue. The propulsion team arrived on Friday, meaning that things will pick up soon with fueling operations. It could also mean that it is time for another barbeque.
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+ Spacecraft Arrival
The Antonov-124 landed shortly after 11:00 Monday morning carrying the Nimiq 5 spacecraft and other launch supplies. The team dodged raindrops as the spacecraft container was unloaded and safely transferred to the railcar for the journey to the processing facility. The spacecraft arrived in Hall 101 shortly after 9:00 Monday evening, where it was cleaned, offloaded from the railcar and prepped for opening. The container was opened on Tuesday morning and the spacecraft was transferred into Hall 103A, where it will commence with stand alone testing for the next week.
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+ ILS Team Arrival
The Nimiq 5 launch team landed at Yubileiny early Friday afternoon. We were greeted by a very hot day (35°C) and waved to our departing AsiaSat 5 colleagues as they headed to the airplane. Everyone is using the weekend to prepare for the arrival of the Nimiq 5 spacecraft on Monday morning.
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+ Welcome to the Nimiq 5 Blog
Welcome to the fifth ILS Proton launch campaign for 2009 – the launch of the Nimiq 5 satellite for Telesat, built by Space Systems/Loral. Follow along with the launch team as they prepare for the mission.
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