UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type Responses)

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

     Wright, Jr.                     Joseph                R.
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     (Last)                         (First)             (Middle)

     c/o PanAmSat Corporation
     20 Westport Road
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                                    (Street)
     Wilton                           CT                 06897
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)

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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     PanAmSat Corporation (SPOT)

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3.   I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)

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4.   Statement for Month/Day/Year

     April 30, 2003
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

                      President and Chief Executive Officer
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

     [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                         5.
                                                                                         Amount of      6.
                                 2A.                     4.                              Securities     Owner-
                                 Deemed                  Securities Acquired (A) or      Beneficially   ship
                    2.           Execution  3.           Disposed of (D)                 Owned          Form:     7.
                    Transaction  Date,      Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Following      Direct    Nature of
                    Date         if any     Code         ----------------------------    Reported       (D) or    Indirect
1.                  (Month/      (Month/    (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Transaction(s) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security   Day/         Day/       -----------      Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)          Year)        Year)      Code      V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value      4/30/03                 A                20,000      A                  25,506      D(1)
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                                                                                         1,070.464      I (2)
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          owned directly or indirectly.

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.
                                                                                                          Number    10.
                                                                                                          of        Owner-
                                                                                                          deriv-    ship
            2.                                                                                            ative     Form
            Conver-                            5.                              7.                         Secur-    of       11.
            sion                               Number of                       Title and Amount           ities     Deriv-   Nature
            or               3A.               Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       Bene-     ative    of
            Exer-            Deemed   4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    ficially  Secur-   In-
            cise    3.       Execu-   Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       Owned     ity:     direct
            Price   Trans-   tion     action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Following Direct   Bene-
1.          of      action   Date,    Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)          Amount    ative    Reported  (D) or   ficial
Title of    Deriv-  Date     if any   (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------          or        Secur-   Trans-    Indirect Owner-
Derivative  ative   (Month/  (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-          Number    ity      action(s) (I)      ship
Security    Secur-  Day/     Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion             of        (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)  ity     Year)    Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title   Shares    5)       4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)  20,000 of these shares represents units of the Issuer's common stock
     awarded pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated PanAmSat Corporation
     Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan. Each unit represents the right to receive
     one share of the Issuer's common stock that vests over a three-year period
     as follows: 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date (April 30,
     2005) and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date (April 30, 2006).

(2)  Represents interests held in a PanAmSat Stock Fund of the PanAmSat
     Corporation Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) as of the closing of business on
     April 30, 2003.



/s/ James W. Cuminale, Attorney-in-Fact                       May 2, 2003
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Joseph R. Wright, Jr.                                           Date

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