1997-046A
PAS 5 was launched by ILS Proton in Aug 1997. The first HS-601HP high power satellite in the PAS system, it is an AOR satellite at 58W. The C-band Americas beam provides coverage of Latin America, the US and Canada. The satellite also provides European coverage.
Panamsat/Greenwich,CT and Hughes Galaxy/LA merged 1997 May 16.
Mass of PAS 5 is 3600 kg. PAS 5 suffered power loss in 1999, and also had trouble with its XIPS engine.
PAS 5 capacity was leased to Arabsat in 2002 as Arabsat 2C (Badr C), with the ownership remaining with Panamsat. The satellite was renamed Intelsat IS-5 in 2007.
In 2013 the satellite was moved to 50E.
| PAS 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Aug 28 | 0033:30 | Launch by Proton 387-02/DM3 No 2L | KB |
| 0035:36 | T+2:06 St 1 sep | ||
| 0035:42 | T+2:12 Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0039:05 | T+5:35 Stage 2 sep | ||
| 0039:14 | T+5:44 GO sep | ||
| 0043:19 | T+9:49 stage 3 sep | ||
| 0044:14 | T+10:44 DM fairing sep | ||
| 0147:50 | T+1:14:20 DM-3 burn 1 | ||
| 0154:25 | T+1:20:55 DM-3 MECO | ||
| 1997 Aug 28 | 635.87 214 x 36018 x 51.6 | ||
| Coast for 5:05 | |||
| 0652:12 | T+ 6:18:42 DM-3 burn 2 | ||
| 0714:02 | T+6:40:32 DM-3 sep | ||
| 0837 | DM-3 depletion | ||
| 1997 Aug 28 | 804.60 8588 x 35966 x 14.6 | ||
| 1997 Sep 2 | 2100? | LAM-1 | |
| 1997 Sep 2 | 973.94 16347 x 35990 x 7.0 | ||
| 1997 Sep 4 | 2200? | LAM-2 | |
| 1997 Sep 5 | 1339.15 31748 x 35985 x 0.9 | ||
| 1997 Sep 6 | 1800? | LAM-3 | |
| 1997 Sep 6 | 1364.24 32750 x 35985 x 0.4 | ||
| 1997 Sep 8 | 0700? | LAM-4 | |
| 1997 Sep 9 | 1436.15 35745 x 35830 x 0.1 GEO 57.8W | ||
| 1997 Nov 14 | 1436.13 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W | ||
| 1999 Oct 17 | 1436.12 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W | ||
| 2001 Jun 11 | 1436.14 35769 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 58.1W | ||
| 2001 Jun 15 | mv out | 1440.77 35870 x 35885 x 0.1 | |
| 2001 Sep 9 | mv in | 1436.99 35787 x 35820 x 0.0 GEO 155.5W | |
| 2002 Mar 8 | 1436.02 35778 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 155.5W | ||
| 2002 Jun 2 | mv out 156W | ||
| 2002 Aug 23 | mv in 46W | ||
| 2002 Sep 25 | 1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 45.1W | ||
| 2002 Dec 5 | mv out | ||
| 2002 Dec 29 | mv in 25E | ||
| 2003 Jul 5 | 1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 26.1E | ||
| 2006 Aug 1 | 1436.07 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 26.1E | ||
| 2008 Oct 18 | Mv out of 26E | ||
| 2009 Jan 12 | Move in | 1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 169.0E | |
| 2012 Oct 16 | 1436.12 35775 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 169.0E | ||