Ciel 2

Launch data: Designation  33453 / 08063A Launch date  10 Dec 2008 - 13:43 UT Launch site  B, LC-200/39 Launch vehicle  Proton-M / Briz-M Mission  Commercial: Communications Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  37782 x 35788 km Eccentricity  -2.31E-02 Inclination  0.05 deg Period  1436.05 min

Mission details:

• Digital television; 32 Ku-band transponders.
• A Proton was launched from Baikonur on Dec 10, 2008 into a -497 x 175 km x 51.5 deg orbit. The Briz-M upper stage then reached orbits of 184 x 184 km, 277 x 5007 km, 334 x 16721 km, 421 x 35621 km and, after an inclination change to 19.5 deg, 5580 x 35612 km, where the Ciel-2 payload separated.
• Ciel-2 is a Thales Alenia Spacebus 4000C4 with a mass of around 5600 kg, owned by Ciel Satellite Group, an Ottawa-based satellite TV operator. Ciel is currently using Echostar V. Control of Ciel-2 will be from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.