Galaxy 5

Galaxy 5
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat
COSPAR ID	1992-013A
SATCAT no.	21906
Mission duration	15 years


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 16 Ku-band
Coverage area	North America

Galaxy 5 is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 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 sixteen in K_u band.

Was retired on 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

↑ Wade, Mark. "Galaxy". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
↑ SatBeams. "Galaxy 5". Retrieved May 8, 2018.
↑ n2yo.com. "Galaxy 5". Retrieved May 8, 2018.

External links

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

Coordinates: 0°N 176°E / 0°N 176°E / 0; 176

Intelsat, S.A.
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1† III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5† III F-6 III F-7 III F-8†
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6† IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5† IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14† VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708† 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27† 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6
Future launches are in italics, failed launches with † sign.

← 1991 · Orbital launches in 1992 · 1993 →

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