SBS-6

 1990-091A

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By the time SBS 6 reached the launch pad in 1990, the SBS Satellite Transponder Leasing Corp. operation had been sold to Hughes HCI and was later merged into the Galaxy system. It was launched together with Galaxy 6, two HCI satellites on the same Ariane rocket in an unprecedented risk for a commercial satellite operator.

The satellite, a spare for SBS 4 and SBS 5, was initially stationed at 99W. In 1997 the Galaxy system was merged with Panamsat; later Intelsat obtained the Panamsat satellites.

SBS 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Oct 12	2258:18	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG
		T+0:23 PAL sep
		T+3:35 St 1 sep
		T+3:38 St 2 MES
		T+4:35 Long Fairing 02 jettison
	2304:04	T+5:46 St 2 sep
		T+5:52 St 3 MES
	2316:10	T+17:52 MECO	654.39 287 x 36892 x 7.4
	2318:59	T+20:41 SBS 6 sep
	2321:36	T+23:18 Spelda 10 sep
	2324:30	T+26:12 Galaxy 6 sep
1990 Oct 13	1200?	LAM-1	721.50 4043 x 36494 x 4.8
1990 Oct 14	0330?	LAM-2	796.17 7699 x 36455 x 4.8
1990 Oct 14	1600?	LAM-3	1452.63 35691 x 36527 x 0.1 GEO 91.8W+4.1W
1990 Oct 15			1436.08 35693 x 35879 x 0.2 GEO 96.0W
1990 Nov 8			1436.15 35723 x 35852 x 0.1 GEO 96.9W
1990 Dec 3		mv out
1991 Jan 3			1436.15 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1991 Apr 22			1436.16 35777 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 99.0W
1993 Mar 9			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1994 Feb 15			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1994 Feb		Move to 95W
1994 Feb 22			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 95.0W
1994 Jul 20			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 95.0W
1995 Oct 22			1436.10 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 94.9W
1995 Oct			GEO 95W
1995 Oct		Mv out of GEO
1995 Oct 31			1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 74.1W
1995 Nov 1		On station	GEO 74W
1997 Jul 20		To Panamsat	GEO 74W
1998 Apr 22			1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
1999 Jun 15			1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2003 Sep 3			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
2006 Jul 29			1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2008 Jan 15			1436.10 35778 x 35794 x 0.5 GEO 74.0W