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. |