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PAS-22

PAS-22

Orbiter
AsiaSat 3, previously known as HGS-1 and then PAS-22, was a geosynchronous communications satellite, which was salvaged from an unusable geosynchronous transfer orbit by means of the Moon's gravity. Wikipedia
Launch date: December 24, 1997 at 6:19 PM EST
Cost: 100 million USD (2019)
Dry mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb)
Entered service: July 1998
Launch mass: 3,465 kg
Mission duration: 15 years (planned); 4 years (achieved)

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