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About this launch
T5 (formerly DirecTV-5) is a dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in May, 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs to DirecTV customers from the 119 degrees West longitudinal orbit. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part…
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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
Launch window and padBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Rocket and boosterProton-K/DM-2M
MissionCommunications · Direct-GEO
Communications · Direct-GEO
What it put in orbit4 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
Passes over you When will it cross your sky, and can you see it?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTV 5 (TEMPO 1) 2002-023A | Payload | 35771 × 35802 km · 5.2° | Globe |
| SL-12 R/B(1) 2002-023B | Rocket body | re-entered 2002-05-09 | |
| SL-12 PLAT 2002-023C | Debris | re-entered 2002-05-08 | |
| SL-12 R/B(2) 2002-023D | Rocket body | 6220 × 35984 km · 16.7° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2002-023. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).
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