PAS 9

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 28 July 2000, 10:42 pm UTC

Rocket: Zenit (Zenith)

Provider: Sea Launch

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch

Mission Description

PAS-9 was one of three HS-601HP satellites ordered Oct. 12, 1998, from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) by PanAmSat Corporation. The satellite provides broadcast and general communications services in C- and Ku-band for the Americas, the Caribbean and western Europe, plus direct-to-home services for Mexico in Ku-band.