NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Galaxy 5

Launch Time
Sat Mar 14, 1992 00:00 UTC

Rocket

Atlas I
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
General Dynamics
Status: Retired
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 43.9 m

Mission Details

Galaxy 5

Galaxy 5 is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2005. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 176° E.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,412.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1992

14th orbital launch attempt

Atlas I

3rd mission
1st mission of 1992
2nd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission