Galaxy 8i

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 8 Dec 1997, 11:52 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas IIAS (Atlas)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

Galaxy 8-i is one of the most powerful satellites to join PanAmSat Corporation's fleet of spacecraft, with nearly 10 kilowatts of power at beginning of life. It is a Hughes HS-601HP body-stabilized model built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in El Segundo, Calif.