The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuit Anik means "little brother". A geostationary orbit (abbreviated GEO) is a circular orbit in the Earths equatorial plane, any point on which revolves about the Earth in the same direction and with the same period as the Earths rotation. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... Telesat Canada is a Canadian satellite communications company owned by BCE Inc. ... Inuktitut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, literally like the Inuit) is the language of the Inuit people. ...

The Satellites

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Anik A

The Anik A satellites were the world's first national domestic satellites. They gave CBC the ability to reach the Canadian North for the first time. Each of the satellites were equipped with 12 C-band transponders, and thus had the capacity for 12 colour television channels. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... C band (compromise band) is a portion of electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 4 to 6 GHz. ... In telecommunication, the term transponder (sometimes abbreviated to XPDR or TPDR) has the following meanings: An automatic device that receives, amplifies, and retransmits a signal on a different frequency. ...

There is a detailed description of the Anik A satellites on the Boeing Satellite Systems website here. Boeing Satellite Systems is a major business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ...

Anik B

The Anik B satellite had 12 C-band transponders like the Anik A's, with an additional 6 Ku band transponders. C band (compromise band) is a portion of electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 4 to 6 GHz. ... In telecommunication, the term transponder (sometimes abbreviated to XPDR or TPDR) has the following meanings: An automatic device that receives, amplifies, and retransmits a signal on a different frequency. ... The Ku band (kay-yoo kurz-under band) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 11 to 18 GHz. ...

Anik C

The Anik C satellites were three times more powerful that the Anik A satellites. They each had 16 Ku band transponders. The Ku band (kay-yoo kurz-under band) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 11 to 18 GHz. ...

There is a detailed description of the Anik C satellites on the Boeing Satellite Systems website here. Boeing Satellite Systems is a major business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ...

• Anik D series
• Anik F1
• Anik F2

• Anik F1

Anik F1 is a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched on November 21 2000 by an Ariane 44 rocket from the European Space Agency Guiana space center at Kourou. ...

External Links

• Telesat's list of satellites
• The list from the CSA's website