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PAS 1
Communications satellite owned by PanAmSat. PAS 1 was launched on June 15, 1988 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 3, 2006).
COSPAR 1988-051CNORAD 19217United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PAS 1
- International designator
- 1988-051C
- NORAD catalog number
- 19217
- GCAT identifier
- S19217
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/267
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- PAS
- Owner
- Panamsat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- June 15, 1988 · 11:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-051Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,795 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 3, 2006
- Last known active
- Jul 10, 2001
- End of operations
- Jul 10, 2001
Size
- Mass
- 690 kg
- Dry mass
- 400 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,221 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 14.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7118264 (CC0).