Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Intelsat 2 formerly PAS-2 was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat which spent most of its operational life serving the Pacific Rim market from a longitude of 169° East. Launched in 1994 the satellite was operated by PanAmSat until it merged with Intelsat in 2006. The spacecraft was renamed along with the rest of PanAmSat’s fleet in February 2007.Intelsat 2 was constructed by the Hughes Aircraft Corporation based on the HS-601 satellite bus.