ArianespaceAriane 42LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
PAS 6B
Launched
December 22, 1998
Image: Arianespace
Summary
PAS 6B launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 22, 1998. It was Arianespace's 112th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,287th orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Ariane 42L flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). PAS 6B, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 35,736 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 9th Ariane 42L flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 112th launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,287th orbital launch attempt80th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
PAS 6B · NORAD 25585 · 1998-075 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- PAS 6B
- Object ID
- 1998-075A
- Epoch
- 1998-12-22 01:19:07 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28426114 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7289354
- Inclination
- 6.9749°
- Ascending node
- 285.887°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.5012°
- Mean anomaly
- 356.4859°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- PAS 6B · NORAD 25585
Ariane H10-3 V115 · re-entered June 16, 2021
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
In March 1998, Hughes Space and Communications Company of El Segundo, Calif., was selected by PanAmSat Corporation of Greenwich, Conn., to build PAS-6B, a Hughes HS-601HP spacecraft model to provide direct-to-home television transmissions in South America. The satellite was launched Dec. 21, 1998.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
87th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 10th this year · 124th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
16 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did PAS 6B launch?
PAS 6B launched on December 22, 1998. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch PAS 6B?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched PAS 6B?
Ariane 42L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42L spec sheet
Where did PAS 6B launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did PAS 6B reach?
PAS 6B, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 231 × 35,736 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did PAS 6B launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).