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Designator id: 1998-075A

Description of INTELSAT 6B (PAS 6B) Satellite:

PANAMSAT 6B will provide direct-to-home television transmissions in South America. The satellite carried a 7-kilowatt payload consisting of 32 active Ku-band transponders powered by a combination of 105-watt and 140-watt traveling wave-tuve amplifiers. It also carried Hughes' xenon ion propulsion system, 'XIPS". Its solar arrays generated more than 8 kW of power through the use of dual-junction gallium arsenide solar cells, which provided a significant increase in power over silicon cells. The satellite was designed to provide a minimum of 15 years of service from its geostationary position at 43 degrees W.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1998-12-22
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 2102.0 kg
Nominal Power: 8000.0 W
Funding Agencies:
Pan American Satellite (United States)
International Telecommunications Satellite Corporation (International)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 25585U 98075A   12338.41582087  .00000011  00000-0  10000-3 0   487
2 25585 004.2345 065.6479 0018105 043.1303 316.7550 00.99154273 50980

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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