Geostationary
ASIASAT 5
Commercial Communications (Asia-Pacific) · AsiaSat / Hong Kong
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AsiaSat's C-band satellite serving the Asia-Pacific with particular strength in coverage of Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific. AsiaSat-5 carries C-band capacity preferred by Asian broadcasters for its resistance to tropical rainfall and its wide beam coverage — allowing smaller networks to reach vast geographic areas with a single transmission.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,247 mi (35,788–35,802 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 35696
- Int’l designator
- 2009-042A
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.