"PAS-8 will significantly increase the transmission capacity and power that PanAmSat will offer its customers throughout the Asia-Pacific region," said Robert Bednarek, PanAmSat's chief technology officer. "PAS-8 will offer the most powerful trans-Pacific C-band coverage available as well as high-power Ku-band beams serving northeast Asia, southeast Asia and Australia, all with access to the United States."

PAS-8 is a Space Systems/Loral-built FS 1300 model satellite with 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders. The third FS 1300 model satellite in PanAmSat's fleet, PAS-8 will be launched by International Launch Systems on a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This will be PanAmSat's second Proton launch from Kazakhstan. The first, PanAmSat's PAS-5 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite, was successfully launched in August 1997.

PAS-8 will be located at 166 degrees East Longitude and will neighbor PanAmSat's PAS-2 Pacific Ocean Region satellite now positioned at 169 degrees East Longitude. With PAS-2 and PAS-8 in service, PanAmSat will offer customers new, expanded and backup satellite capacity for video and telecommunications applications throughout the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to PAS-2 and PAS-8, PanAmSat's PAS-4 and PAS-7 Indian Ocean Region satellites also provide coverage of Asia.

PanAmSat is the world's leading commercial provider of satellite-based communications services. The company operates a global network of 17 satellites supported by PanAmSat professionals on five continents. These resources enable PanAmSat to provide video and telecommunications services to hundreds of customers worldwide.

PanAmSat resources and services include:

• The premier cable and broadcast television satellites in the United States, Latin America, the Indian subcontinent and the Asia-Pacific;
• Satellite platforms for current and planned direct-to-home television services in Latin America, South Africa, the Middle East, India and the United States;
• Live transmission services for news, sports and special events coverage worldwide; and
• Global satellite-based telecommunications services and Internet access.

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