Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Thaicom-5 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Thailand |
Operator/Owner |
Thaicom Public Company Ltd. |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
78.54 |
Perigee (km) |
35777 |
Apogee (km) |
35796 |
Eccentricity |
0.000225350776274121 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.04 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.1 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2800 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1220 |
Power (watts) |
5000 |
Date of Launch |
27-05-2006 |
Expected Lifetime |
12 yrs. |
Contractor |
Alcatel Alenia Space |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5 ECA |
COSPAR Number |
2006-020B |
NORAD Number |
29163 |
Comments |
Television and Internet services to the Asia-Pacific region; 25 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders. |