 After brief operations at 17.5 and 25.5 degrees between 1991 and 1993, the satellite was moved to 48 degrees East for most of its last three years of service.Between February and March 1996 the spacecraft was moved to 36 degrees West, where it remained until November.The satellite was decommissioned in December 1996; leaving geosynchronous orbit on 11 December before deactivation on 16 December.