Galaxy 5
Mission type | Communications |
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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 | UTC
Rocket | Atlas I |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36B |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | 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 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 Ku band.
Galaxy 5 was retired in January 2005.
Specifications
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Wade, Mark. "Galaxy". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ SatBeams. "Galaxy 5". Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ n2yo.com. "Galaxy 5". Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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