PAS 8 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

4 Nov 1998, 5:12am

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 8

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Orbit

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).

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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