Palapa B1

 1983-059C

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PERUMTEL's second generation C-band satellite for domestic Indonesian communications was launched with a PAM-D upper stage from the Shuttle Challenger in 1983.

Palapa B1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Jun 19	1315	Sunshade open
	1336	Deploy with PAM-D	OV-099
1983 Jun 19			90.6 306 x 321 x 28.4
	1421	PAM-D burn
	1422	PAM-D burnout
	1424	PAM-D sep
1983 Jun 19			656.4 301 x 36987 x 25.6
	2000?	Apogee 1 over 122W
1983 Jun 20	0130?	Perigee 1
1983 Jun 20	0700?	Apogee 2 over 72E
1983 Jun 20			662.07 322 x 37247 x 25.6
	1230?	Perigee 2
	1800?	Apogee 3 over 93W
1983 Jun 20	2330?	Perigee 3
1983 Jun 21	0500?	Apogee 4 over 102E
1983 Jun 21	0515?	AKM based on TLE
1983 Jun 27		mv in	1436.19 34619 x 36958 x 0.4 GEO 107.0E+0.03W
1983 Jul 3			1436.10 35752 x 35821 x 0.1 GEO 107.9E
1984 Jul 6			1436.14 35786 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 108.0E
1986 Sep 13			1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 108.0E
1988 Nov 8			1436.16 35781 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 107.9E
1990 Jun 1			1436.08 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 108.2E
1990 Jun 11		mv out	1435.41 35768 x 35778 x 0.1 GEO 110.4E+0.1E
1990 Sep 4		mv in	1436.05 35776 x 35793 x 0.3 GEO 117.9E
1991		Owned by PSN
1991		Renamed Palapa Pacific
1992 Mar 7			1436.13 35780 x 35794 x 1.7 GEO 118.0E
1992 Mar 11		mv out	1435.03 35742 x 35789 x 1.7 GEO 119.7E+0.2E
1992 May 29			1435.63 35756 x 35798 x 1.9 GEO 134.1E+0.1E
1992 Jun 27		mv in	1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 2.0 GEO 135.1E
1992 Jul 12			1436.18 35782 x 35793 x 2.0 GEO 135.0E
1992 Aug 2			1436.32 35786 x 35794 x 2.1 GEO 134.2E
1992 Nov 28			1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 2.3 GEO 134.0E
1993 Jul 7			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 2.8 GEO 134.0E
1994 Jan 8			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 3.2 GEO 134.0E
1995 Jan 1			1436.15 35785 x 35789 x 4.0 GEO 134.0E