Telesat's New Nimiq 5 Satellite Roaring into Space

The Nimiq 5 satellite was launched on September 18, 2009 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a ILS Proton rocket. To view a video of the launch please click on, www.ilslaunch.com/nimiq-5-mission-control, and click on the broadcast link.

_{Photo courtesy of ILS International Launch Services, Inc., www.ilslaunch.com.}