Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
AsiaSat 5 is a Chinese communications satellite which will be operated by the Hong Kong based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company. It will be positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 100.5° East of the Greenwich Meridian where it will replace the older AsiaSat 2 spacecraft. It will be used to provide fixed satellite services including broadcasting telephone and broadband VSAT communications to Asia and the Pacific Ocean.