PAS-4 | |
Names List: | PANAMSAT 4 Intelsat 4 IS-4 Panamsat K3 |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | PanAmSat Intelsat |
Cospar Id: | 1995-040A |
Satcat: | 23636 |
Website: | https://www.intelsat.com |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) |
Spacecraft Bus: | HS-601 |
Manufacturer: | Hughes |
Launch Date: | 3 August 1995, 22:58:00 UTC[1] |
Launch Rocket: | Ariane-42L H10-3 (V76) |
Launch Site: | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 |
Launch Contractor: | Arianespace |
Entered Service: | October 1995 |
Disposal Type: | Graveyard orbit |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
Orbit Longitude: | 72° East |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 50 transponders: 20 C-band 30 Ku-band |
Trans Coverage: | Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia |
Programme: | PanAmSat constellation |
Previous Mission: | PAS-3 |
Next Mission: | PAS-3R |
PAS 4, was an American geostationary satellite that was launched by an Ariane 4.[2]
PAS-4 was constructed by Hughes Aircraft Corporation, based on the HS-601 satellite bus. It had a mass at launch of, which decreased to around by the time it was operational. Designed for an operational life of 15 years, the spacecraft was equipped with 20 C-band and 30 Ku-band transponders.[2] Its two solar panels, which had a span of generated 4.7 kW of power when the spacecraft first entered service, which was expected to drop to around 4.3 kW by the end of the vehicle's operational life.[2]
Arianespace launched PAS-4, using an Ariane 4 launch vehicle, flight number V76, in the Ariane 42L H10-3 configuration. The launch took place from ELA-2 at the Centre Spatial Guyanais, at Kourou in French Guiana, on 3 August 1995, at 22:58:00 UTC.[2]