Panamsat 9

 2000-043A

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A new PAS 9, an HS-601HP satellite, was ordered in 1998 for launch in 2000. Launch by Sea Launch in Jul 2000 2000 Jul 28 2242 UTC sched. 3650 kg launch, 2389 kg BOL, 26m span 7m w. Two dishes, two panels. C and Ku band replacing PAS 5 at 58W.

PAS 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Jul 28	2242:00	Launch by Zenit-3SL
		T+2:23 St 1 MECO
		T+2:26 St 1 sep
		T+2:29 St 2 MES
		T+3:10 Fairing sep, 124 km
	2251	T+9:05 St 2 MECO, sep	-2220 x 264 x 1.2
		Lower fairing sep
		T+9:15 DM-SL MES-1
	2256	T+14:40 MECO-1	110.07 200 x 2260 x 1.2
		T+53:57 MES-2
		T+59:40 MECO-2
	2352	T+1:09:54 DM-SL sep	664.64 1928 x 35772 x 1.2
		T+3h50m DM-SL disposal burn
2000 Jul 29			664.64 1928 x 35772 x 1.2
2000 Jul 31	0100?	LAM1	765.41 6919 x 35759 x 0.1
2000 Aug 1	1550?	LAM2	998.61 17672 x 35760 x 0.1
2000 Aug 3	1730?	LAM3	1427.35 35444 x 35786 x 0.1
2000 Aug 9			1436.08 35778 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 61.5W
2000 Aug 30		mv out
2000 Sep 4		mv in	1436.18 35786 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W
2006 Jul 31			1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W