Panamsat 5 --> Arabsat 2C --> Badr C

USA --> Saudi Arabia

Also called PAS 5

Launch data:

Designation	24916 / 97046A
Launch date	28 Aug 1997
Launch site	Baikonur, LC-81/23
Launch vehicle	Proton-K/DM3 (#246)
Mission	Communications
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	km
Eccentricity
Inclination	deg
Period	min

One of the antennas was damaged on launch site in mid August 1997. The satellite has power problems during eclipses which causes the need to shutdown part of the transponders during such times.

Therefore a claim was filled for insurances as a constructive total loss of the satellite because the company has ceased using all of the Ku-band capacity of the satellite on a full-time basis, and this capacity represents more than 50% of the satellite's communications capacity.
PAS 5 was leased in May 2002 to the Arab Satellite Communications Organisation (Arabsat), which planned to use the spacecraft's C-band transponders to complement its partially defunct Arabsat 3A at 26 degrees East. Intelsat changed the name of the PAS satellites to Intelsat effective to 1. February 2007.

Specifications

Prime contractor	Hughes / Boeing
Platform	HS-601HP
Operator	PanAmSat --> Arabsat
Mass at launch	3720 kg
Mass in orbit	2519 kg
Dimension	stowed: 2.7 x 3.6 x 4 m
Solar array	26m span, dual-junction gallium arsenide
Stabilization	3-axis
Equipment	28 C-band transponders, 28 Ku-band transponders
DC power	BOL: 9700 W EOL: 7700 W
Design lifetime	15 years

Location:

Begin	Position	Remarks
	58°W
~09 Jan 2009	168 °E	relocated

Has GaAs (gallium arsenide) solar cells, "advanced" batteries. It is the first commercial satellite to launch with the XIPS thrusters that should provide 5 additional lifetime years. Liquid propellant thrusters provide 15 years lifetime. Some problems developped with XIPS and software patches were uploaded.

The battery degradation is said to be owing to "soft" short circuits inside the battery caused by too much electrolyte. PAS-5 is the first HS-601HP model in orbit, and the problem would be corrected in future satellites.

Is the first satellite to use dual-junction solar cells from Spectrolabs.

C-band

Main transponders	24
Backup transponders	4
Power	50 W
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage & EIRP max	1 single beam: Americas: 38 dBW Europe: 31 dBW
Polarization	linear H/V
Frequencies	Uplink: 5.925 - 6.425 GHz Downlink: 3.700 - 4.200 GHz
SFD	-96 dBW/m²
G/T max	-1.8 dB/K

C-band transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Vertical Uplink	Vertical Downlink	Transponder	Horizontal Downlink	Horizontal Uplink
5.945		1	3.720
	3.720	2		5.945
5.985		3	3.760
	3.760	4		5.985
6.025		5	3.800
	3.800	6		6.025
6.065		7	3.840
	3.840	8		6.065
6.105		9	3.880
	3.880	10		6.105
6.145		11	3.920
	3.920	12		6.145
6.185		13	3.960
	3.960	14		6.185
6.225		15	4.000
	4.000	16		6.225
6.265		17	4.040
	4.040	18		6.265
6.305		19	4.080
	4.080	20		6.305
6.345		21	4.120
	4.120	22		6.345
6.385		23	4.160
	4.160	24		6.385

Ku-band

Main transponders	18 + 6
Backup transponders	4
Power	18 at 110 W (TWTA) 6 at 60 W
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage & EIRP max	US: 49 dBW Steerable: n/a Mexico (and US North-East): 49 dBW
Polarization	linear H/V
Frequencies	Uplink: 12.750 - 13.250 GHz Downlink: 10.700 - 11.450 GHz Uplink: 14.000 - 14.250 GHz Downlink: 11.450 - 11.700 GHz (Spot)
SFD	-89 dBW/m²
G/T max	-2.8 dB/K
Beacon	11.454 GHz

Downlink transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Vertical Downlink	Transponder	Horizontal Downlink	Beam
	7	10.727	Mexico
	8	10.768	Mexico
	9	10.809	Mexico
	10	10.850	Mexico
	11	10.891	Mexico
	12	10.932	Mexico

11.219	19		US
	1	11.219	Mexico
11.261	20		US
	2	11.261	Mexico
11.303	21		US
	3	11.303	Mexico
11.345	22		US
	4	11.345	Mexico
11.387	23		US
	5	11.387	Mexico
11.429	24		US
	6	11.429	Mexico

11.476	13		steerable
11.517	14		steerable
11.558	15		steerable
11.599	16		steerable
11.640	17		steerable
11.681	18		steerable

Uplink transponder frequency chart (GHz)

Vertical Uplink	Transponder	Horizontal Uplink	Beam
	1	12.769	US / Latin America / Europe
12.769	19		US / Europe
	2	12.811	US / Latin America / Europe
12.811	20		US / Europe
	3	12.853	US / Latin America / Europe
12.853	21		US / Europe
	4	12.895	US / Latin America / Europe
12.895	22		US / Europe
	5	12.937	US / Latin America / Europe
12.937	23		US / Europe
	6	12.979	US / Latin America / Europe
12.979	24		US / Europe

	7	13.026	US / Latin America / Europe
	8	13.067	US / Latin America / Europe
	9	13.108	US / Latin America / Europe
	10	13.149	US / Latin America / Europe
	11	13.190	US / Latin America / Europe
	12	13.231	US / Latin America / Europe

	13	14.019	US / Latin America / Europe
	14	14.060	US / Latin America / Europe
	15	14.101	US / Latin America / Europe
	16	14.142	US / Latin America / Europe
	17	14.183	US / Latin America / Europe
	18	14.224	US / Latin America / Europe

Ref: #14, #15, #225(09.01) - update: 22.07.04