BOEING-BUILT PAS-10 SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH
Los Angeles, Calif., May 9, 2001 -- PAS-10, a Boeing 601HP spacecraft built for PanAmSat Corporation, is scheduled to launch on May 15, 2001, aboard a Proton rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. PAS-10, the sixth Boeing-built satellite delivered to PanAmSat in 17 months, and will provide international services from its orbital position of 68.5 degrees East longitude. The launch is scheduled for 7:11 a.m. at the Baikonur launch site, (1:11 a.m. GMT and at 6:11 p.m. PDT on May 14). The satellite was built by Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA).
"With the launch of PAS-10, Boeing Satellite Systems will have delivered the third of three satellites ordered in 1999 to support PanAmSat's international expansion plan," said Randy Brinkley, president of BSS. "Overall, PAS-10 is the 17th satellite that BSS has built for the PanAmSat fleet, and we are proud of this longstanding relationship. And, after PAS-10, we are looking forward to the launch of Galaxy IIIC, a Boeing 702 spacecraft that is scheduled to launch in this year's third quarter."
"PAS-10 marks PanAmSat's sixth new satellite in less than 18 months, demonstrating our strong commitment to build the most robust fleet available to serve the needs of our long-term and valued customers," said R. Douglas Kahn, PanAmSat's president and chief executive officer. "When PAS-10 goes into operation it will serve in the development of new and more advanced broadcast, high-speed data and Internet services across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East."
The high-power, 9,600-watt satellite features leading technologies from Boeing, including high-efficiency gallium arsenide solar cells.
The communications payload consists of 48 active transponders, 24 in C-band powered by 55-watt traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), and 24 in Ku-band, powered by 98-watt TWTAs.
At launch the spacecraft will weigh 8,314 pounds (3,772 kilograms). Once its solar wings and antennas are deployed in orbit, PAS-10 will measure 86 feet in length and 23 feet in width.
PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ:SPOT) is the world's premier provider of global video and data broadcasting services via satellite. Operating a global network of 20 in-orbit spacecraft and seven technical facilities, the company delivers entertainment and information to cable television systems, TV broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home TV operators, Internet service providers, telecommunications companies and corporations worldwide. PanAmSat will expand its global fleet to 22 spacecraft by year-end 2001.
BSS is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites and a major provider of space systems, satellites, and payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications.
The Boeing Company, headquartered in Seattle, is the largest aerospace company in the world and the United States leading exporter. It is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, and the largest NASA contractor. The company's capabilities in aerospace also include rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, rocket engines, launch vehicles, and advanced information and communication systems. The company has an extensive global reach with customers in 145 countries and manufacturing operations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.
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Note to editors: Live video of the launch will be carried on the Galaxy IVR satellite, transponder #20. You are welcome to use the feed in your news broadcasts.
BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC.
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P.O. Box 92919 (S10/S323)
Los Angeles, CA 90009
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www.boeing.com/satellite
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