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A POWERHOUSE PREMIERES -- The first of Hughes' HS 601HP satellites, PAS-5
built for PanAmSat Corporation, is shown being prepared for a test in the
Integrated Satellite Factory. The HP, or high-power, versions offer as
much as double the power at beginning of life (10 kilowatts) of a baseline
HS 601 satellite, already the world's most popular large satellite design.
Among the enhancements for the HS 601HP version are solar panels covered
with gallium arsenide, seen here folded against the spacecraft. PAS-5 is
also the first Hughes commercial spacecraft to carry a xenon ion propulsion
system (XIPS), which can be seen as a canister-like apparatus below the
solar panel. The satellite will be used primarily for direct-to-home
television services in Latin America and other television and
telecommunications services in the Americas and Europe. It is scheduled
for launch Aug. 28 on a Russian Proton rocket (Aug. 27 in the United
States).
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