| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Skynet 5A |
| Country of Operator/Owner | United Kingdom |
| Operator/Owner | Ministry of Defense/Paradigm Secure Communications (wholly owned by EADS Astrium) |
| Users | Military |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -1.12 |
| Perigee (km) | 35771 |
| Apogee (km) | 35802 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000367677582341988 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.07 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 4700 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2170 |
| Power (watts) | 6000 |
| Date of Launch | 11-03-2007 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | EADS Astrium |
| Country of Contractor | France/UK/Germany |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
| COSPAR Number | 2007-007B |
| NORAD Number | 30794 |
| Comments | New generation of Skynet communications. |