Sunday, July 25, 1999

Palapa A1

 1976-066A


The HS333D satellite Palapa 1 was launched for Indonesia's Perumtel communications agency in Jul 1976. Palapa is Indonesian for `unity'. The satellite reportedly operated until 1985,and NORAD did not regularly track the satellite.


Palapa 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jul 8  2331  Launch by Delta 2914  CC LC17 
  T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out 
  T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on 
  T+1:18 SRM 7-9 out 
  T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep 
  T+3:48 MECO 
  T+3:56 St 1 sep 
  T+4:01 Stage 2 SES-1 
  T+4:35 Fairing 
 2340  T+8:55 Stage 2 SECO-1 7.839 km/s 188km 
 2353  T+22:38 Stage 2 sep, 231 km 
 2354 T+23:20 Stage 3 TES 
 2355  T+24:03 Stage 3 TECO 
 2356 T+25:15 Star 37 sep  231 x 36504 x 24.6 
1976 Jul 9  0048 T+1:17:24 SES-2, R&D; burn 
 0048 T+1:17:26 SECO-2 
1976 Jul 9  0600? Apo 1 84E 
 1700? Apo 2 80W 
1976 Jul 10  0300? Apo 3 126E 
 1400? Apo 4 35W 
1976 Jul 11  0030? Apo 5 160E 
 1100? Apo 6 5E 
 2130? Apo 7 155W 
1976 Jul 11  2030  AKM 
1976 Jul    GEO 83E 
1978 Feb 23    1436.04 35779 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 83.0E 
1979 Jul    GEO 84.1E+0.05E/d 
1984 Jun 28    1436.41 35728 x 35856 x 0.2 GEO 84.0E 
1984 Dec 26   (misid?) 1436.05 35759 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 62.9E 
1985 Nov   (misid?)  GEO 87E? 1435.9? 
1985   end of ops? 
1986 May 15    1436.25 35764 x 35814 x 0.8 GEO 84.1E 
1986   Orbit raised 
1988 Feb 1    1440.57 35862 x 35885 x 2.4 GEO 72.4E+1.1W 
1988 Feb 26    1439.65 35841 x 35870 x 2.5 
1988 Apr 12   (misid?) 1466.77 36322 x 36447 x 3.0 
1988 Aug 25   (misid) 1466.83 36315 x 36456 x 3.3 
1989 Mar 9    1439.47 35837 x 35854 x 4.6  
1989 Apr 11    1438.87 35826 x 35854 x 4.6  
1990 Apr 27    1439.35 35835 x 35864 x 4.5 

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