| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | NSS-5 (Intelsat 803) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Netherlands |
| Operator/Owner | SES World Skies/Intelsat [SES] (shared capacity) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -177 |
| Perigee (km) | 35776 |
| Apogee (km) | 35796 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000237214156940886 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3412 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2000 |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 23-09-1997 |
| Expected Lifetime | 14 yrs. |
| Contractor | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 42L |
| COSPAR Number | 1997-053A |
| NORAD Number | 24957 |
| Comments | 38 C-band, 6 Ku-band; Pacific Ocean region; shared capacity with Intelset. |