INMARSAT GX5

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite INMARSAT GX5 at a glance.

Uptime

1994

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 1.0

Per day

Orbit

GEO

Geostationary Orbit

Inclination

0.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for INMARSAT GX5.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: INMARSAT GX5

International designator: 2019-080B

Object number (NORAD): 44801

Object ID (CCSDS): 44801

Country: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SATELLITE ORGANIZATION (INMARSAT) (IM)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 1436.105 minutes

Inclination: 0.0471 deg

SMA: 42164.891 km

Apoapsis: 35795.29 km

Periapsis: 35778.221 km

RAAN: 18.7768 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0002024

Argument of periapsis: 28.9703 deg

Mean anomaly: 150.8404 deg

Mean motion: 1.00271219 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0000009 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 INMARSAT GX5

TLE line 1: 1 44801U 19080B 25131.88239315 .00000090 00000-0 00000-0 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 44801 0.0471 18.7768 0002024 28.9703 150.8404 1.00271219 2765

Live tracking on map

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Associated space launch

TIBA-1 is a geostationary communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed jointly by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Airbus. TAS, the leading partner, designed and built the communications payload, featuring a dual mission in Ka-band for secure and broadband communications. Airbus Defence and Space supplied the Eurostar E3000 platform and assembled and tested the spacecraft. Designed to remain in service in orbit for more than 15 years, TIBA-1 will have a launch mass of 5600 kg and an electric power capability of higher than 9 kW. Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5 or GX-5) is Inmarsat's very high throughput satellite (V-HTS), which will offer services covering the Middle East, Europe and the Indian sub-continent. The payload will be fully integrated into Inmarsat’s current Global Express high-speed network. Inmarsat-5 F5 satellite is based on Thales Alenia Space’s upgraded Spacebus 4000 B2 platform and will be fitted with 72 Ka-band beams. With a specified design life of 16 years, it will weigh 4007 kg at launch and will offer payload power of about 6.8 kW.

INMARSAT GX5 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ariane 5 ECA | TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)’, on board a Ariane 5 ECA space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 26, 2019, 9:23 p.m. from Ariane Launch Area 3.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Ariane 5 ECA | TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)
Ariane 5 ECA | TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 26, 2019, 9:23 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA

Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 3

Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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