Nutzlast / Mission
PAS 6B
Typ
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
In 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.
Zugehöriger Start
Ariane 42LSuccess
PAS 6B · Arianespace
Dienstag, 22.12.1998, 01:08 UTC