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1998 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

PAS 8

successProton-K/DM-2M | 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).

Overview

Date / time
November 4, 1998 at 05:12 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
81/23 (81L)
Mission
PAS 8
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Proton-K/DM-2M →
Launch provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center →

Payloads deployed · 1

INTELSAT 8 (IS-8)
GEO