Status
Success
PAS 8
Launch Time
Wed Nov 04, 1998 05:11 UTC
Wed Nov 04, 1998 05:11 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
PAS 8
Three of the most powerful broadcast satellites ever launched that are capable of direct-to-home (DTH) service are providing DTH programming to millions of consumers of PanAmSat. They were designed and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L).
PanAmSat-8 (PAS-8), sits above the Pacific Ocean and offers coverage to Australia, Hawaii, the northwest coast of the U.S., and portions of the Far East.
PAS-8 has 24 Ku-band channels at 100 Watts and 24 C-band channels at 50 Watts. The PAS-6/7/8 spacecraft are based on SS/L's three-axis, body-stabilized SSL-1300 bus.
Intelsat changed the name of the PAS satellites to Intelsat effective to 1. February 2007.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1998
70th orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
254th mission
5th mission of 1998
222nd successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission