| Mission type | Communications |
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| Operator | PanAmSat |
| COSPAR ID | 1992-013A  |
| SATCAT no. | 21906 |
| Mission duration | 15 years |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | HS-376 |
| Manufacturer | Hughes |
| Launch mass | 1,412 kilograms (3,113 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 March 1992, 00:00 (1992-03-14Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Atlas I |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-36B |
| End of mission | |
| Deactivated | January 2005 (January 2005) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 176° E[2] |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 24 C-band 0 Ku-band |
| Coverage area | North America |
Galaxy 5 was a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 1992 to 2005. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 176° E. Galaxy 5 was launched on March 14, 1992, with an Atlas launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States, and covered North America with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and zero in Ku band.
Galaxy 5 was retired in January 2005.
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0°N 176°E / 0°N 176°E / 0; 176
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