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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name              = Intelsat 8
| names_list        = IS-8<br/>PAS-8<br/>
| image             = 
| image_caption     = 
| image_size        = 300px

| mission_type      = [[Communications satellite|Communications]]
| operator          = [[PanAmSat]] / [[Intelsat]]
| COSPAR_ID         = 1998-065A
| SATCAT            = 25522
| website           = http://www.intelsat.com
| mission_duration  = 15 years (planned)<br/>18 years (achieved)

| spacecraft        = PAS-8
| spacecraft_type   = [[SSL 1300]]
| spacecraft_bus    = [[SSL 1300|LS-1300]]
| manufacturer      = [[SSL (company)|Space Systems/Loral]]
| launch_mass       = {{cvt|3592|kg}}
| dry_mass          = {{cvt|2100|kg}}
| dimensions        = 
| power             = 

| launch_date       = 4 November 1998, 05:12:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
| launch_rocket     = [[Proton-K]] / [[Blok DM-03|DM-03]]
| launch_site       = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200|Site 200/39]]
| launch_contractor = [[Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center]]

| entered_service   = January 1999
| disposal_type     = [[Graveyard orbit]]
| deactivated       = 26 December 2016
| last_contact      = 

| orbit_reference   = [[Geocentric orbit]]
| orbit_regime      = [[Geostationary orbit]]
| orbit_longitude   = 166° East (1998–2012)<br>169° East (2012–2016)
| apsis             = gee

| trans_band        = 48 transponders:<br/>24 [[C band (IEEE)|C band]] at 50 [[Watt|watts]]<br/>24 {{Ku band}} at 100 watts
| trans_frequency   = 
| trans_bandwidth   = 
| trans_capacity    = 
| trans_coverage    = [[Asia-Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[Hawaii]]

| programme         = [[PanAmSat|PanAmSat constellation]]
| previous_mission  = [[Intelsat 7|PAS-7]]
| next_mission      = [[Intelsat 6B|PAS-6B]]
}}

'''Intelsat 8''' (formerly '''PAS-8''') is a [[communications satellite]] owned by [[Intelsat]] located at 166° East of [[longitude]], serving the [[Pacific Ocean]] market.

== Mission ==

INTELSAT 8 (PAS-8) was launched on 4 November 1998 by a Proton Block DM vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome. The satellite was designed with 24 Ku-band channels at 100 Watts and 24 C-band channels at 50 Watts. The spacecraft is based on the Space Systems Loral SSL=1300 bus and was part of a series of three satellites ordered from Loral. The satellite was designed for the Pacific market serving Australia, Hawaii, the northwest coast of the U.S., and portions of the Far East.<ref>{{cite web|last=Krebs|first=Gunter D.|title=PAS 8 → Intelsat 8|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=March 6, 2023|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/pas-8.htm}}</ref>

On 13 August 2012, it was replaced with [[Intelsat 19]].<ref name="Intelsat">{{cite web|url=https://www.intelsat.com/press/news-releases/2009/20090611-1.asp|title=2009|publisher=Intelsat|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Satlaunch">{{cite web|title=INTELSAT 19|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=38356|website=n2yo.com|access-date=5 March 2023}}</ref>

On 19 October 2012 at around 23:00 UTC, Intelsat 8 took over broadcasting Intelsat 5's television channels which include [[Australia Network]] and regular feeds of ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal Report]]'' available via a two-meter dish at 4.1 [[Hertz|GHz]] horizontal.

== Decommissioning ==
The satellite was moved to a graveyard orbit by 26 December 2016.<ref name="SatBeams">{{cite web|url=https://www.satbeams.com/satellites|title=Satellites|publisher=SatBeams|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

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