Telesat 6

Canadian communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q14907120

Facts

20 properties
Followed by
Telesat-I[4]
Launch date
1983-06-18
Part of
Anik[8]
Country of origin
United States, Canada[10][11]
Diameter
2.16 m[22]
Height
6.43 m[19]
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
Mass
1,140 kg, 562.5 kg[20][21]
Operator
Telesat[2]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Significant event
rocket launch[17]
Space launch vehicle
Space Shuttle[9]
Spacecraft bus
Boeing 376[16]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
June 18, 1983[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Anik C2 en Nahuel I2 en Telesat 6
🔖 Identifiers · 4
COSPAR ID
1983-059B
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/12nvpr_57
NSSDCA ID
1983-059B

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Powered by 2
Followed by 1
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Follows 1
Instance of 1
Manufacturer 1
Operator 1
Part of 1
Preceded by (successor) 1
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Summary

Telesat 6 is a communications satellite[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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