▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0282°
Eccentricity	0.0002672
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,798 km
Perigee	35,776 km
Mean motion	1.00270897 rev/day
RAAN	288.7768°
Arg of perigee	181.0982°
Mean anomaly	142.7436°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	5,061

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

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

1 38342U 12026A 26188.16274213 -.00000158 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997

2 38342 0.0282 288.7768 0002672 181.0982 142.7436 1.00270897 50619

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "NIMIQ 6",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-026A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:54:20.92+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00270897,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002672,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0282,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 288.7768,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 181.0982,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 142.7436,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38342,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5061,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000158,
  "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 6
Operator	Telesat Canada (Loral)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	Canada
Launch date	May 17, 2012HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4745HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/38342

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