| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Satmex 5 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Mexico |
| Operator/Owner | Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex; Loral Global Alliance) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -116.77 |
| Perigee (km) | 35779 |
| Apogee (km) | 35792 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000154191030826345 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3542 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2267 |
| Power (watts) | 8,800 (EOL) |
| Date of Launch | 05-12-1998 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Hughes Space and Communications Company |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 42L |
| COSPAR Number | 1998-070A |
| NORAD Number | 25558 |
| Comments | 24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; Internet, voice and data, analogical and digital television and multimedia; Mexico sent more than 10 engineers to work on the satellite at Hughes. |