Ariane 42L
SuccessPAS 6B · Arianespace
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Dec 22, 1998, 01:08 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Dec 22, 1998, 01:08 UTC – Tuesday, Dec 22, 1998, 01:08 UTC
Provider
Arianespace
Rocket
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
PAS 6B
Type
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.
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