PAS 6B Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
22 Dec 1998, 1:08am
UTC
Location
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
PAS 6B
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
In March 1998, Hughes Space and Communications Company of El Segundo, Calif., was selected by PanAmSat Corporation of Greenwich, Conn., to build PAS-6B, a Hughes HS-601HP spacecraft model to provide direct-to-home television transmissions in South America. The satellite was launched Dec. 21, 1998.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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