Launch Overview
Vehicle
Ariane 42L
Agency
Arianespace
Site / Pad
CSG / ELA2
Outcome
Success
Flight
V115 L484d
COSPAR Designator
1998-075
Mission
PAS 6B (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Ariane 42L
Provider
Arianespace
Agency launches
112 (10 YTD)
Site launches
124 (11 YTD)
Pad launches
87 (10 YTD)