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Ariane 44P | PAS 6
ArianespaceLaunch Successful

PAS 6

Ariane 44P

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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Mission

Three of the most powerful broadcast satellites ever launched that are capable of direct-to-home (DTH) service are providing DTH programming to millions of consumers of PanAmSat. They were designed and built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). PanAmSat-6 (PAS-6) provides quality digital television to customers in South America.

Launch vehicle
Ariane 44P
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Provider
Arianespace

The vehicle

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Ariane 44P
Arianespace
Launch vehicle

Ariane 44P

The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

Height
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
15
First flight
1991-04-04

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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