PAS 10 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

15 May 2001, 1:11am

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

81/23 (81L)

Launch Service Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Vehicle

Proton-K/DM-2M image

Proton-K/DM-2M

Mission

PAS 10

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Orbit

PAS 10 (PanAmSat 10) was an American geosynchronous communications spacecraft. The 3.7 tonne (with fuel) satellite carried 48 transponders (24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band) to provide direct-to-home video channels to Europe, Middle-East, and South Africa after parking over 68.5 deg-E longitude.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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