20410 - LEASAT 5

LEASAT-5, also known as SYNCOM-IV-5, was deployed from the orbiting STS 32 on January 10, 1990. Forty-five minutes after ejecting frisbee-style from the cargo bay, LEASAT's solid perigee kick motor fired to boost it into orbit. Subsequent solid and liquid fuel engine firings inserted the satellite into geosynchronous orbit. It reached its assigned station at 177 degrees W on January 14.

LEASAT 5 was a 4.26-m-diameter drum, standing 6.17 m high with antenna mast deployed. Body mounted solar arrays provided 1,238 W at the end of its 10-year design life.

Alternate Names

Leased Satellite F5
Syncom IV-5

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1990-01-09
Launch Vehicle: Shuttle
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 1388.0 kg