| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Nimiq 5 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Canada |
| Operator/Owner | Echostar Corporation (entire payload leased from Telesat Canada Ltd.) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -72.7 |
| Perigee (km) | 35700 |
| Apogee (km) | 35700 |
| Eccentricity | 0 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.01 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4745 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 17-09-2009 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Breeze M |
| COSPAR Number | 2009-050A |
| NORAD Number | 35873 |
| Comments | 32 Ku-band transponders. Full capacity leased to Echostar Corporation for life of satellite. |