Galaxy 5 was a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 1992 to 2005. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 176° E. Galaxy 5 was launched on March 14, 1992, with an Atlas launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States, and covered North America with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and zero in K_u band.

Galaxy 5

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat
COSPAR ID	1992-013A
SATCAT no.	21906
Mission duration	15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	HS-376
Manufacturer	Hughes
Launch mass	1,412 kilograms (3,113 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	14 March 1992, 00:00 (1992-03-14Z) UTC
Rocket	Atlas I
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-36B
End of mission
Deactivated	January 2005 (January 2005)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	176° E[2]
Transponders
Band	24 C-band 0 Ku-band
Coverage area	North America

Galaxy 5 was retired in January 2005.

Specifications

• Apogee: 36,134.7 kilometers (22,453.1 mi)
• Perigee: 36,006.9 kilometers (22,373.7 mi)
• Orbital inclination: 10.3°
• Semimajor axis: 42,441 kilometers (26,372 mi)
• Orbital period: 1,450.3 minutes
• Propulsion: Star-30C
• Power: Solar cells[3]

References

External links

• www.vincor.com/satchart/chart_g5c.html/

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