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AsiaSat 5
Communications satellite. AsiaSat 5 was launched on August 11, 2009 aboard a Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-042ANORAD 35696Hong Kong
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Asiasat 5
- Common name
- AsiaSat 5
- International designator
- 2009-042A
- NORAD catalog number
- 35696
- GCAT identifier
- S35696
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/583
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Asiasat
- Owner
- Asiasat
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- SSL-1300
Launch
- Date
- August 11, 2009 · 19:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-042Success
- Rocket
- Proton-M/Briz-M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,676 km
- Apogee
- 35,869 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,760 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 5.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 31.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q726836 (CC0).