Status
Success
Palapa C1
Launch Time
Thu Feb 01, 1996 01:15 UTC
Thu Feb 01, 1996 01:15 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Palapa C1
Paksat-1, (Other former designations include Palapa-C1, HGS-3, and Anatolia-1), was a geosynchronous and communications satellite built and owned by the Boeing Company, leased to the Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and renamed Paksat-1. It was successfully put into orbit on 1 February 1996 as Palapa-C1 for Indonesia as its original customer. But, after technical problems, the satellite was leased to SUPARCO at an orbital location of 38° East longitude in December 2002. The satellite was retired in 2011 and moved to a graveyard orbit.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1996
6th orbital launch attempt
Atlas II
21st mission
1st mission of 1996
21st successful mission