Payload
PALAPA 2
activePayloadGEONORAD 9862
PALAPA 2 is a Indonesia payload satellite, launched on March 10, 1977 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 10, 1977 at 11:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Palapa A2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,867 km
- Periapsis
- 35,830 km
- Inclination
- 8.67°
- Orbital period
- 1439.25 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Indonesia
- Launch mass
- 290.39 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.9 × 1.56 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1977-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 9862
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Indonesia- Radar cross-section
- 5.5241 m²
- Status
- active