| PAS-3 | |
| Names List: | PanAmSat-3 Panamsat K2 |
| Mission Type: | Communications |
| Operator: | PanAmSat |
| Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) Failed to orbit |
| Spacecraft Type: | Boeing 601 |
| Spacecraft Bus: | HS-601 |
| Manufacturer: | Hughes |
| Power: | 4.3 kW |
| Launch Date: | 1 December 1994, 22:57:51 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Ariane 42P H10-3 (V70) |
| Launch Site: | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2 |
| Launch Contractor: | Arianespace |
| Entered Service: | Failed to orbit |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Orbit Regime: | Geostationary orbit |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Trans Band: | 40 transponders: 20 C band 20 Ku-band |
| Trans Coverage: | Atlantic Ocean Region |
| Programme: | PanAmSat constellation |
| Previous Mission: | PAS-2 |
| Next Mission: | PAS-4 |
PAS-3, was a communications satellite for PanAmSat. Launched in December 1994.[1]
PAS-3 was constructed by Hughes Aircraft Corporation, based on the HS-601 satellite bus. It had a mass at launch of, which decreased to around by the time it was operational. Designed for an operational life of 15 years, the spacecraft was equipped with 20 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders.[1] Its two solar panels, which had a span of generated 4.7 kW of power when the spacecraft first entered service, which was expected to drop to around 4.3 kW by the end of the vehicle's operational life.
Arianespace launched PAS-3, using an Ariane 4 launch vehicle, flight number V70, in the Ariane 42P H10-3 configuration. The launch took place from ELA-2 at the Centre Spatial Guyanais, at Kourou in French Guiana, at 23:05:32 UTC on 8 July 1994.[1] Failed to orbit.