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Galaxy 8i
Atlas IIAS · Communications
1997Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral
Mission
Galaxy 8-i is one of the most powerful satellites to join PanAmSat Corporation's fleet of spacecraft, with nearly 10 kilowatts of power at beginning of life. It is a Hughes HS-601HP body-stabilized model built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in El Segundo, Calif.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36B
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2