Palapa was a series of communication satellites owned by Telkom, an Indonesian telecommunication company. Its well-known satellite is Palapa B2, which was launched from the Space Shuttle, but failed to reach orbit and was salvaged with a second Shuttle mission. U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications using radio at microwave frequencies. ... PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT. Telkom or just Telkom, formerly Perumtel. ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

The program was started in February 1975, when the government of Indonesia awarded the contract for two satellites to Boeing. The name Palapa was chosen by president Suharto and means 'fruits of labor'. For other uses, see February (disambiguation). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Haji Mohammad Soeharto (born June 8, 1921), more commonly referred to as simply Soeharto (Suharto in the English-speaking world), is a former Indonesian military and political leader. ...

Series A

Two identical satellites were built by Hughes (now Boeing Satellite Systems). Each of the HS-333 weighted 574 kg. Boeing Satellite Systems is a major business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ...

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Series B

Astronaut Dale Gardner holds up a "For Sale" sign after Palapa B2 was recovered.

Altogether four satellites of the second series were built. They were all of the type Hughes HS-376. When the launch of Palapa B2 failed, a third satellite was ordered. Originally named Palapa B3 and scheduled for STS-61-H, it was finally launched as Palapa B2P. Meanwhile Palapa B2 was retrieved by STS-51-A, refurbished and relaunched later as Palapa B2R. Image File history File links STS-51A_SatellitesForSale. ... Image File history File links STS-51A_SatellitesForSale. ... Born November 8, 1948 in Fairmont, Minnesota, Dale A. Gardner is a former NASA Astronaut who flew two missions for NASA in the early 1980s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cancelled Shuttle missions. ... STS 51-A was the fourteenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the second flight of Discovery. ...

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Series C

Two satellites of the HS-601 type were launched in 1996. As C1 had some battery problems, it became an insurance claim and Hughes bought back the satellite. With reduced availability it was then used by several other customers.

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Mercury Atlas 9 rocket and capsule on pad The Atlas is a venerable line of space launch vehicles built by Lockheed Martin. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana. ... Ariane 42P rocket with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite (Kourou, August 10, 1992) (NASA) Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the European Space Agency and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. ...

Telkom series

1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana. ... The Ariane Family The name Ariane refers to a series of a civilian European expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana. ... The Ariane Family The name Ariane refers to a series of a civilian European expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ...

External links

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