Koreasat 5 [Alcatel]
Official name KOREASAT 5
Alternative name Mugunghwa 5 (Koreasat 5)
Cospar ID 2006-034A
Norad ID 29349
Launch date 2006-08-22
Launch site SEAL
Launch vehicle Zenit-3SL (2)
Country/Organization South Korea
Type application Communication
Operator KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom); Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.12
Inclination (deg) 0.02
Perigee (km) 35783
Apogee (km) 35791
Eccentricity 0.000111772431329812
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00270172408991
Semi-Major axis (km) 42165.135
Raan (deg) 263.3863
Arg of perigee (deg) 176.1092
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 4448
Height (m) 5
Width (m) 2.5
Depth (m) 2.5
Span (m^2) 38
Lifetime 15 years
Contractors Alcatel Alenia Space (formerly Alcatel Space)
Equipment 24 Ku-band active transponders, 8 SHF-band active transponders, 4 Ka-band active transponders
Propulsion S400
Configuration Spacebus-4000C1
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Koreasat 5 is South Korea's first combined civil and military communications satellite. The military part of the satellite is known as ANASIS 1 (Army/Navy/Air Force Satellite Information System 1).

Alcatel Space supplied both the multimission satellite and its ground control system, along with launch and early operations phase (LEOP) support. Based on the new-generation Spacebus-4000C1 platform from Alcatel Space, Koreasat 5 features a state-of-the-art broadband payload, including new technologies developed within the scope of the Syracuse III program.

With 36 transponders in Ku-band, C-band (civil) and SHF band (military), Koreasat 5 delivers advanced broadband multimedia and digital television transmission services, along with conventional telecom services to operators in the Asia-Pacific region.

Koreasat 5 suffered a failure of a solar-array drive mechanism that crippled its capacity and resulted in an insurance claim in 2013.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
KOREASAT 5 2006-034A 2006-08-22 SEAL Zenit-3SL (2)