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Anik

[< Inuktitut 'younger brother']
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n. — Science, Industry

a series of geostationary telecommunications satellites for television. The first was launched in 1972 by Telesat Canada.

Type: 1. Origin — The word, meaning 'little brother', is borrowed from Inuktituk. The first satellite was named in a 1969 national contest (see the 2012 quotation). It was launched in 1972 by Telesat Canada. In total there have been 16 satellites launched, with five still in use as of January 2014. The term is most prevalent in the US today. See also Telesat reference.
See also COD-2, s.v. "Anik", Gage-5, s.v. "Anik", which is marked "Cdn", ITP Nelson, s.v. "Anik".

Quotations

1969
Canada's first communications satellite was christened Anik yesterday - Eskimo for brother.
1978
Hughes Aircraft Co. of Los Angeles has been awarded a $53.6-million (U.S.) contract to build the Anik C series of domestic communications satellites for Telesat Canada, which operates this country's domestic satellite communications system.
1987
Only Tory MPs and cabinet ministers can use the service, in effect a private network that would be free to any TV station wishing to use it via Telesat Canada's Anik D satellite.
1998
ExpressVu had been promising its customers the additional capacity, as well as the ability to use smaller 18-inch dishes, instead of the 24-inch dish now used to receive signals from the lower-power Anik E2 satellite.
2007
For satellite communications, the government helped establish a new corporation: Telesat Canada. This entity produced the world's first geo-stationary domestic satellite communications satellite, ANIK A1. It was launched in 1972 and enabled voice and data to be exchanged from one side of the country to the other.
2012
-- Julie-Frances Czapla of St. Leonard, Que. submitted the name Anik in a national "name the satellite" contest in 1969. It means "little brother" in the Inuit dialect. Thousands of entries were submitted but this entry was eventually selected because of its symbolism, bringing Canadians together and building a sweeping brotherhood. -- In 1973, CBC Radio-Canada became the first broadcaster in the world to use satellites for the full-time distribution of television services.
2013
Telesat Holdings Inc. said third-quarter revenue rose but earnings declined, largely because of the strengthening U.S. dollar. The Ottawa-based satellite services company reported revenue of $238 million, an eight-per-cent jump over the same period in 2012. Fuelling the growth was the Anik G1 satellite, which entered service in May, and revenue from short-term services to another satellite company.

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Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 13 Jan. 2014

Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 13 Jan. 2014