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Palapa C2

retired

Identification

NORAD / COSPAR
23864 / 1996-030A
Operator
PT Indosat Tbk

Orbit & position

Orbit
GEO
Position
146° E (94.4° E)
Altitude
—
Velocity
—
Period
—
Eccentricity
—

Hardware

Manufacturer
Boeing (Hughes)
Model
HS-601
Mass
3014 kg
Dry mass
1740 kg

Launch

Launch date
16 May 1996
Launch site
Guiana Space Center
Launch vehicle
Ariane 44L
Design life
15 yr

Comment

30 C-band, 6 Ku-band; voice and vision communications to a large area bounded by Iran, Vlodivostok, Australia, and New Zealand.