Intelsat 3R

Intelsat 3R (formerly PAS-3R) is a communications satellite serving the Americas market.[2] It is owned by Intelsat and located at 43° West longitude.

Satellite description

Hughes Aircraft Corporation constructed the satellite based on the HS-601 satellite bus, having a mass at launch of 2920 kg, which decreased to around 1727 kg when it was operational.

The spacecraft had 20 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. Its two solar panels spanned 26 m and generated 4.7 kW of power when the spacecraft first entered service. The power was expected to drop to around 4.3 kW by the end of the vehicle's operational life, i.e., 15 years.[3]

Launch

Arianespace launched PAS-3R using an Ariane 4 launch vehicle, flight number V82, in the Ariane 44L H10-3 configuration. The launch occurred on 12 January 1996 at 23:10:00 UTC from ELA-2 at the Centre Spatial Guyanais, at Kourou in French Guiana.[3]

Intelsat 3R

Intelsat 3R was launched in January 1996 and operated by PanAmSat until it merged with Intelsat in 2006. The spacecraft and the rest of PanAmSat's fleet were renamed on 1 February 2007.[3]

Decommissioning

Intelsat 3R was removed from geostationary orbit in August 2011 and was placed into graveyard orbit.