Date of launch (location):
July 8, 1976 (ETR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2914
Weight (kg):
574
Shape:
Cylindrical with antenna mounted on
one end.
Dimensions (m):
1.83 diameter
3.35 height
Power source:
Solar cells plus NiCd
batteries
NASA's role:
Launch vehicle (reimbursable)
Cooperating organizations:
NASA and Indonesia
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Project manager:
Robert Goss
Prime contractor:
Hughes Aircraft Co. for the
government of Indonesia
Objectives:
To provide commercial communications
for 7 years; capable of 12 color TV channels or 4000
telephone circuits (identical to Canadian Telesat and Westar
satellites)
Results:
Successful; first of a series of
Indonesian satellites.
Reference: NASA, "Palapa I Mission Operations Report," M-492-208-76-01, July 1, 1976.