▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0154°
Eccentricity	0.0002722
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,798 km
Perigee	35,775 km
Mean motion	1.00270942 rev/day
RAAN	2.0022°
Arg of perigee	106.7764°
Mean anomaly	150.6635°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	6,154

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 35873U 09050A 26188.13065676 -.00000242 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998

2 35873 0.0154 2.0022 0002722 106.7764 150.6635 1.00270942 61545

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "NIMIQ 5",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2009-050A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:08:08.744+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00270942,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002722,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0154,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 2.0022,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 106.7764,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 150.6635,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 35873,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 6154,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000242,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	NIMIQ 5
Operator	Telesat Canada (Loral)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree TelesatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Canada
Launch date	Sep 17, 2009HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4745HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.