Nimiq

Originally called Direct-TV3 and Direct-TV2 respectively, these Hughes HS-601 models were brought out of retirement and are currently used to share some of the workload from Nimiq-2 and Nimiq-1, respectively.

Nimiq-4 was launched on 19 September 2008, by a Proton-M / Briz M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

[4] It will replace Nimiq-4i, and will provide advanced services such as HDTV, specialty channels and foreign language programming.

The Nimiq-5 satellite was shipped from the manufacturer, Space Systems Loral located in Palo Alto, California, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on 18 August 2009.

[7] Nimiq-5 was successfully launched into space aboard a Proton M / Breeze M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 19:19:19 UTC on 17 September 2009.

Sheila Rogers - Winner of satellite naming contest
Lasting image for Nepean woman - Sheila Rogers wins contest for submitting 'nimiq' as name for new satellite.
Nimiq satellite - Rogers got an honour that's truly unique: her own name placed on the satellite, immediately below the name of the satellite itself.
Nimiq Park in Riverside South in Ottawa - named after the Nimiq satellites