| 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. |