| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | AsiaSat-5 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | China (PR) |
| Operator/Owner | Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (SES [Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)]) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 100.5 |
| Perigee (km) | 35778 |
| Apogee (km) | 35795 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000201629641929477 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.11 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3760 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 11-08-2009 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Breeze M |
| COSPAR Number | 2009-042A |
| NORAD Number | 35696 |
| Comments | 14 Ku-Band, 26 C-band, serving all of Asia. |