Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:58:00
Thursday August 3, 1995
First flight of Ariane 42L with an H10-3 stage. Flight V76.
PANAMSAT 4, also known as PAS 4, was an American geostationary spacecraft that was launched by an Ariane rocket from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana. The 3,043 kg spacecraft carried 16 30-watt C-band transponders and 24 60-watt Ku-band transponders and was expected to provide 320 radio channels and 120 "DirecTV" channels. The parking longitude is 69 deg E.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,043 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 3,480 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,538 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
48th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1995
67th
Mission
6th
Mission of 1995
44th
Orbital launch attempt