Intelsat 3R (formerly PAS-3R) is a communications satellite serving the Americas market.[2] It is owned by Intelsat and located at 43° West longitude.
Satellite description
Hughes Aircraft Corporation constructed the satellite based on the HS-601 satellite bus, having a mass at launch of 2920 kg, which decreased to around 1727 kg when it was operational.
The spacecraft had 20 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. Its two solar panels spanned 26 m and generated 4.7 kW of power when the spacecraft first entered service. The power was expected to drop to around 4.3 kW by the end of the vehicle's operational life, i.e., 15 years.[3]