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 of its LS-1300 line. In May 2004, DIRECTV successfully launched DIRECTV 7S (later T7S), their second high powered spot beam. T7S is located at the 119 degree orbital slot. The satellite was renamed to T5 in 2017.
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Mission Profile
DirecTV-5 was a Proton-K/DM-2M mission operated by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center that lifted off from 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on May 7, 2002. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Geostationary Orbit. The launch was a success.