Palapa-C2

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Palapa-C2
Mission type Communications
Operator PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (SATELINDO)
COSPAR ID 1996-030A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 23864
Website https://indosatooredoo.com/
Mission duration15 years (planned)
20 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftPalapa-C2
Spacecraft type Boeing 601
Bus HS-601
Manufacturer Hughes Space and Communications Company
Launch mass3,014 kg (6,645 lb)
Dry mass1,740 kg (3,840 lb)
DimensionsSpan: 21 m (69 ft)
Power3730 watts
Start of mission
Launch date16 May 1996, 01:56:29 UTC
Rocket Ariane 44L H10-3 (V86)
Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, ELA-2
Contractor Arianespace
Entered serviceJuly 1996
End of mission
Disposal Graveyard orbit
DeactivatedNovember 2016
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Geostationary orbit
Longitude113° East (1996-2009)
150.5° East (2009-2014)
146° East (2014-2016)
Transponders
Band34 transponders:
30 C-band
4 Ku-band
Coverage area Indonesia, Southeast Asia, parts of China, India, Japan, Australia
  Palapa-C1
Palapa-D  
 

Palapa-C2 was an Indonesian communications satellite which reached its target orbit on 16 May 1996. It was built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (now Boeing Satellite Development Center) for Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (SATELINDO). It was based on the HS-601 satellite bus and had 30 C-band transponders and 4 Ku-band transponders. It was due to be located in geosynchronous orbit at 113° East above the equator. It operated for more than 20 years, more than five years past the designed life time of 15 years, making it the longest operation among the Indonesian fleet of communications satellites.

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Satellite description

PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (SATELINDO) chose Hughes in April 1993, together with identical sister satellite, the Palapa-C1. It is a HS-601 satellite bus. Construction was done at El Segundo, California. Hughes also set up the new master control station at Daan Mogot City near Jakarta. The R-4D-11-300 liquid apogee engine of the satellite then raised it to geostationary orbit. [1]

Launch

Palapa-C2 was launched along with Amos-1 by a Ariane 44L H10-3 launch vehicle on 16 May 1996 at 01:56:29 UTC. The satellites were launched from Centre Spatial Guyanais at Kourou in French Guiana. Launch was insured for over US$200 million. [2]

PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara

Six transponders were owned by PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. [2]

Palapa-E

PT Indosat Tbk selected in May 2013 Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) (now Northrop Grumman) to build and launch the Palapa-E satellite. Palapa-E was to replace the Palapa-C2 satellite. Palapa-E was to be based on Orbital's GEOStar-2 satellite bus. Indosat cancelled contract to build Palapa-E after losing the operating rights to the 150.5° East orbital position to state-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI). [3]

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References

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