Intelsat 8 (formerly PAS-8) is a

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owned by

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located at 166° East of

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, serving the

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market.

Mission

On 13 August 2012, it was replaced with Intelsat 19. During September 2012, it was co-located to the same position as Intelsat 5 at 169° East from 166° East to continue its service life as Intelsat 5's replacement later in the year. On 19 October 2012 at around 23:00 UTC, Intelsat 8 took over broadcasting Intelsat 5's television channels which include

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and regular feeds of ''

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'' and '' The Wall Street Journal Report'' available via a two-meter dish at 4.1 GHz horizontal.

Decommissioning

Deorbited on 26 December 2016.

References

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