PAS-3
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{{Short description|Communications satellite}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = PAS-3
| names_list = PanAmSat-3
Panamsat K2
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| image_size = 300px
| mission_type = Communications
| operator = PanAmSat
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| SATCAT =
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| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)
Failed to orbit
| spacecraft =
| spacecraft_type = Boeing 601
| spacecraft_bus = HS-601
| manufacturer = Hughes
| launch_mass = {{cvt|2920|kg}}
| dry_mass = {{cvt|1727|kg}}
| dimensions =
| power = 4.3 kW
| launch_date = 1 December 1994, 22:57:51 UTC
| launch_rocket = Ariane 42P H10-3 (V70)
| launch_site = Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2
| launch_contractor = Arianespace
| entered_service = Failed to orbit
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| deactivated =
| last_contact =
| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit (planned)
| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit
| orbit_longitude =
| apsis = gee
| trans_band = 40 transponders:
20 C band
20 Ku-band
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| trans_coverage = Atlantic Ocean Region
| programme = PanAmSat constellation
| previous_mission = PAS-2
| next_mission = PAS-4
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PAS-3, was a communications satellite for PanAmSat. Launched in December 1994.{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pas-2.htm|title=PAS 2, 3, 3R, 4 → Intelsat 2, 3R, 4 |publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=11 December 2017|access-date=14 April 2021}}
Satellite description
PAS-3 was constructed by Hughes Aircraft Corporation, based on the HS-601 satellite bus. It had a mass at launch of {{cvt|2920|kg}}, which decreased to around {{cvt|1727|kg}} by the time it was operational. Designed for an operational life of 15 years, the spacecraft was equipped with 20 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. Its two solar panels, which had a span of {{cvt|26|m}} generated 4.7 kW of power when the spacecraft first entered service, which was expected to drop to around 4.3 kW by the end of the vehicle's operational life.
Launch
Arianespace launched PAS-3, using an Ariane 4 launch vehicle, flight number V70, in the Ariane 42P H10-3 configuration. The launch took place from ELA-2 at the Centre Spatial Guyanais, at Kourou in French Guiana, at 23:05:32 UTC on 8 July 1994. Failed to orbit.
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Category:Satellites using the BSS-601 bus