Intelsat 8

Intelsat 8 (formerly PAS-8) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 166° East of longitude, serving the Pacific Ocean market.

Intelsat 8
Spacecraft properties
Names	IS-8 PAS-8

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat / Intelsat
COSPAR ID	1998-065A
SATCAT no.	25522
Website	http://www.intelsat.com
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 18 years (achieved)


Spacecraft	PAS-8
Spacecraft type	SSL 1300
Bus	LS-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass	3,592 kg (7,919 lb)
Dry mass	2,100 kg (4,600 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	4 November 1998, 05:12:00 UTC
Rocket	Proton-K / DM-03
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 200/39
Contractor	Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Entered service	January 1999


End of mission
Disposal	Graveyard orbit
Deactivated	26 December 2016


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	166° East (1998–2012) 169° East (2012–2016)


Transponders
Band	48 transponders: 24 C band at 50 watts 24 K_u band at 100 watts
Coverage area	Asia-Pacific, Australia, Hawaii

PanAmSat constellation

Mission

On 13 August 2012, it was replaced with Intelsat 19.[1][2] During September 2012, it was co-located to the same position as Intelsat 5 at 169° East from 166° East to continue its service life as Intelsat 5's replacement later in the year.

On 19 October 2012 at around 23:00 UTC, Intelsat 8 took over broadcasting Intelsat 5's television channels which include Australia Network and regular feeds of Entertainment Tonight and The Wall Street Journal Report available via a two-meter dish at 4.1 GHz horizontal.

Decommissioning

Deorbited on 26 December 2016.[3]

References

"2009". Intelsat. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
"Launch Schedule 2012". Sat Launch. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
"Satellites". SatBeams. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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