| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Astra 5B |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Luxembourg |
| Operator/Owner | SES (Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 31.5 |
| Perigee (km) | 35787 |
| Apogee (km) | 35793 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000071157495256167 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.05 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.26 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 5724 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 22-03-2014 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | EADS Astrium |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
| COSPAR Number | 2014-011B |
| NORAD Number | 39617 |
| Comments | Comsat to cover Eastern Europe with Direct to Home and cable feeds to digital television networks. It also carries a hosted L-band payload for the European Commission’s European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). |