Palapa B series

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The Palapa B series was a generation of Indonesian communications satellites used to expand the country’s domestic and regional telecommunications network in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Palapa B2 0
Palapa B1 0
Palapa B2R 0

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian satellite program
communications satellite series
basedOn Palapa B2 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Indonesia NERFINISHED
coverageArea Asia-Pacific region NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
designedFor expansion of Indonesian telecommunications network
follows Palapa A series NERFINISHED
hasPart Palapa B1 NERFINISHED
Palapa B2 NERFINISHED
Palapa B2R NERFINISHED
Palapa B3 NERFINISHED
Palapa B4 NERFINISHED
launchDate 1983-06-18
1984-02-03
launchOutcome orbit insertion failure
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED
Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Delta rocket NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED
Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED
manufacturer Hughes Aircraft Company NERFINISHED
operator PT Telkom Indonesia NERFINISHED
Perumtel NERFINISHED
orbitType geostationary orbit
partOf Palapa satellite program NERFINISHED
primaryFrequencyBand C-band
recoveryMission STS-51A NERFINISHED
regionServed ASEAN countries NERFINISHED
series Palapa B series NERFINISHED
Palapa B series NERFINISHED
Palapa B series NERFINISHED
Palapa B series NERFINISHED
Palapa B series NERFINISHED
serviceEntryPeriod 1980s
1990s
spacecraftBus HS-376
HS-376 NERFINISHED
usedFor data communications
domestic telecommunications
regional telecommunications
telephone services
television broadcasting

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PALAPA B1 communications satellite belongsToProgram Palapa B series
subject surface form: PALAPA B1
this entity surface form: Palapa program
Palapa B2 followedBy Palapa B series
this entity surface form: Palapa B3
Palapa B2 program Palapa B series