ILS Proton-M Briz-M orbited Nimiq 6, a Space Systems/Loral-built direct broadcast satellite for Telesat, delivering Ku-band television, radio and telephone services to Canada from 91.1 degrees West.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 5.7 T
- Flight
- 29th
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 2012, 19:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2012-026
- Launches in 2012
- 27th of 78
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