| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | SES-5 (Sirius 5, Astra 4B) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | SES World Skies (SES [Société Européenne des Satellites (SES)]) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 5 |
| Perigee (km) | 35783 |
| Apogee (km) | 35791 |
| Eccentricity | 9.48834120074958E-05 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.13 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.12 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 6007 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 09-07-2012 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Proton M |
| COSPAR Number | 2012-036A |
| NORAD Number | 38652 |
| Comments | 24 C-band transponders and 36 Ku-band transponders. Also carries hosted L-band payload for the European Commission’s European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). |