Palapa B1

Indonesia

Spacecraft n°:

Indonesia satellite n°: 3
Palapa Pacific 1 (PP1)

Launch data:

Designation 14134 / 83059C
Launch date 18 Jun 1983
Launch siteKSC, LC-39A
Launch vehicleShuttle STS-7
Mission Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit:

This satellite was taken over in 1991 by an affiliate of Satelindo, PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara and renamed Palapa Pacific 1

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  
Platform  Hughes HS-376
Operator 
Mass at launch   kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  
Operated 1983-95

Location:

DatePositionRemarks
 30 Oct 1982 ° replaced Palapa A1
 Mar 1995  134° E till Sep 1995

End of live:

Out of service:  Oct 1995
Cause:  drifting but not removed from the belt, probably ran out of fuel!

Ref: #7(JR615), #15 - update: 10.02.10