| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Nimiq 6 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Canada |
| Operator/Owner | Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -91.1 |
| Perigee (km) | 35764 |
| Apogee (km) | 35809 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000533725522754498 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.04 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.09 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4745 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 18-05-2012 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Breeze M |
| COSPAR Number | 2012-026A |
| NORAD Number | 38342 |
| Comments | Entirely contracted to Bell TV for 15 years. |