Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
PAS 8
Proton-K/DM-2M
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, November 4, 1998 · 05:12 UTC
Mission
/01Three 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).
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Proton-K/DM-2M
Variant: DM-2M
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.074° N, 62.978° E
81
Pad Launches
1117
Location Launches
56
Agency Launches
70
Orbital This Year