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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 9, 2005

PANAMSAT HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


001-32456
(Commission File Number)
 
20-1728720
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


20 Westport Road, Wilton, Connecticut 06897
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(203) 210-8000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

        On August 9, 2005, PanAmSat Holding Corporation (the "Company") issued a news release which contained information regarding the second quarter 2005 consolidated results of the Company. The news release did not include certain financial statements, related notes and certain other financial information that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. A copy of the press release relating to such announcement, dated August 9, 2005, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

        This information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

    PANAMSAT HOLDING CORPORATION
(Registrant)

Date: August 9, 2005
 
By:
/s/  JAMES W. CUMINALE      
Name: James W. Cuminale
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit No.
   Exhibit
99.1   Press Release, dated August 9, 2005



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