NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

PAS 8

Launch Time
Wed Nov 04, 1998 05:11 UTC

Rocket

Proton-K/Block DM-3
ILS
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 9,548 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 57.64 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 10.4 m

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