Arianespace
PAS 6B
Ariane 42L
SUCCESS
Success
Tuesday, December 22, 1998 · 01:08 UTC
Mission
/01In 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.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Ariane 42L
Variant: 42L
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
5.232° N, 52.778° W
87
Pad Launches
124
Location Launches
112
Agency Launches
80
Orbital This Year