| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Eutelsat 5 West A (Atlantic Bird 3, Stellat 5) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Multinational |
| Operator/Owner | European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -4.93 |
| Perigee (km) | 35769 |
| Apogee (km) | 35805 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000426975354033731 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.04 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4050 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1805 |
| Power (watts) | 11000 |
| Date of Launch | 05-07-2002 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Alcatel Space Industries |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 |
| COSPAR Number | 2002-035A |
| NORAD Number | 27460 |
| Comments | 45 transponders; Ku and C-band frequencies, Americas, Europe and Africa. |