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... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Anik D2'''''
Image = Image:AnikD.jpg 200px Organization = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States), ... Telecommunications Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Anik%20D2 Here Carrier_Rocket = Shuttle Telesat-H (Anik D2) was a Canadian communications satellite deployed by the STS 51-A ...

Image:Anik1_Delta.jpg 300px Delta launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral carrying Anik 1 satellite.

... a 5-person crew. During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for Canada ( ANIK-C2 Telstar 6 ) and Indonesia ( Palapa-B1 ); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System (RMS) to ... Fisher, and Dale Gardner. During the mission the crew deployed two satellites, Telesat Canada's Anik-D2 , and Hughes' Leasat F1 (Syncom IV-1). In the first space salvage mission in ...

... _ID = 1983-059B Webpage = Semimajor_Axis = Eccentricity = Inclination = Orbital_Period = Apoapsis = Periapsis = Orbits = Alternate Names = Anik-C2,14133 Experiments = Nominal Power = Additional Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftOrbit.do?id ...

... by NASA for Telesat/Canada, which owned and operated the satellites. Telesat-D would replace Anik A1 , launched in Nov. 1972 and positioned at 109°W over the equator south of ... gather data on signal propagation and on power generation and usage. NASA planned to launch Anik-C1 and -C2 spacecraft (Telesat-E and -F) on the Space Shuttle in 1981, to replace Anik A2 and A3 (Telesat B and C) launched in April 1973 and May 1975, respectively. ( ...

... MORs 6 May 75, 15 May 75; NASA Releases 75-101, 75-121) Canada's Anik 3 (Telesat-3) domestic communications satellite was launched by NASA at 7:35 pin EDT ... for brother) 3 was third in a series of Canadian domestic comsats; Anik 1 (launched 9 Nov. 1972) and Anik 2 (launched 20 April 1973) were operating at 114° and 109° west ... 000 solar cells and enough battery capacity to maintain full service during a solar eclipse. Anik had 13 channels that could transmit up to 10 color TV transmissions or 9600 telephone ...

... into synchronous orbit, and it was maneuvered to a station 104°W above the equator. Anik D , weighing 2,370 pounds at liftoff, was the heaviest payload launched into transfer orbit ... record. The 24-channel communications satellite would provide Canada with television, data, and voice communications. Anik D was Canada's tenth satellite and fifth in a series of domestic commercial communications ...

... , Europe's largest space company, to manufacture a replacement for its Anik F1 satellite~ the Anik F1R . Engineers had determined that the Anik F1 , based on the 702 platform of Boeing Satellite Systems ... -band transponders, on Astrium's Eurostar 3000 platform. (Telesat, “Telesat Selects European Manufacturer for New Anik F Satellite,” news release, 4 February 2003, http://www.telesat.ca/news/releases/2003/03 ...

... from Eastern Test Range on three-stage, long-tank, thrust-augmented Thor-Delta launch vehicle. Anik 1 was placed in highly elliptical transfer orbit with apogee of 36 470 km (22 ... South America. Under contract between NASA and Telesat Canada, NASA mission objective was to place Anik l in orbit of sufficient accuracy to allow onboard propulsion systems to place spacecraft in ... thrust-augmentation rockets from Cape Kennedy . Third stage was TE-364-4 solid-fueled motor. Anik 1 -first of two-was built by Hughes Aircraft Co. under contract with Telesat and ...

... Times, 7/20/73, 7)'' April 20-30: Canadian domestic communications satellite Telesat-B ­named Anik 2 , Eskimo for brother-was successfully launched at 6:47 pm EST from Eastern Test ... of South America. Under NASA-Telesat Canada contract, the NASA mission objective was to place Anik 2 into an orbit of sufficient accuracy to allow the spacecraft propulsion systems to place ... ­time requirements. The objective was met and the mission was adjudged a success April 30. Anik 2 -second in a series of Canadian domestic communications satellites-was built by Hughes Aircraft ...

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