Intelsat 3R

Intelsat 3R (formerly PAS-3R) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 43° W longitude, serving the Americas market.

Intelsat 3R
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat (1996-2006) Intelsat (2006-2011)
COSPAR ID	1996-002A
SATCAT no.	23764
Mission duration	15 years


Bus	HS-601
Manufacturer	Hughes
Launch mass	2,920 kilograms (6,440 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	12 January 1996, 23:10:00 (1996-01-12UTC23:10Z) UTC
Rocket	Ariane 44L
Launch site	Kourou ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace


End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Deactivated	August 2011 (2011-09)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	43° west (1996-2010) 81° west (2010-2011)
Perigee altitude	36,070 kilometres (22,410 mi)
Apogee altitude	36,186 kilometres (22,485 mi)
Inclination	3.57 degrees
Period	24.22 hours
Epoch	29 October 2013, 06:31:46 UTC[1]


Transponders
Band	20 C-band 20 Ku-band

References

"INTELSAT 3R (PAS 3R) Satellite details 1996-002A NORAD 23764". N2YO. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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