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Palapa B1
Indonesian communications satellite. Palapa B1 was launched on June 18, 1983 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (1991).
COSPAR 1983-059CNORAD 14134Indonesia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Palapa B1
- International designator
- 1983-059C
- NORAD catalog number
- 14134
- GCAT identifier
- S14134
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Palapa B
- Owner
- Perumtel
- Country
- Indonesia
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- June 18, 1983 · 11:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-059Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,787 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- 1991
- Last known active
- October 1995
- End of operations
- October 1995
Size
- Mass
- 660 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,202 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12502228 (CC0).