April 16, 8:20 a.m. EDT: Anik G1 was successfully released from the upper stage of the rocket nine hours and 13 minutes after the launch.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/101459/launch-anik-g1-satellite-aims-to-ease-communications-overcrowding/#ixzz2VFop4ZL4
Interersting. Previous post supposidly quotes a Shaw website but claims G1 was launched on 18 April. Quote in this post confirms separation 16 April which confirms my first post ... launch was 15 April.
Shaw doesn't know when it's on bird was launched??
Guess we'll wait and see, but telesat confirms the G1 foot print does not cover the USA. Someone must think they have enough customers down there to pay for space on multiple satellites. Guess we'll wait and see how long it takes to migrate to the new bird.