Palapa B1

E673866

Palapa B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite that formed part of the early Palapa series used to provide domestic and regional telecommunications services.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palapa B1 canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial satellite
communications satellite
application communications
callsign Palapa B1
countryOfOperator Indonesia
coverageArea Asia-Pacific region
linked to: Asia-Pacific

Indonesia
Southeast Asia
followedBy Palapa B2
launchCountry United States
launchDate 18 June 1983
1983-06-18
launchMass approximately 1220 kilograms
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchSiteCountry United States
launchVehicle STS-7
Space Shuttle Challenger
manufacturer Hughes Aircraft Company
missionType communications
namedAfter Palapa oath
operator Perumtel
operatorCountry Indonesia
orbitLongitude 113 degrees East
orbitRegime geosynchronous
orbitType geostationary orbit
ownedBy Government of Indonesia
partOf early Palapa series
powerSource solar cells
precededBy Palapa A2
program Palapa satellite program
purpose domestic telecommunications
regional telecommunications
series Palapa B series
serviceEntry 1983
spacecraftBus HS-376
spacecraftType Palapa B communications satellite
stabilization spin-stabilized
status retired
transponderBand C-band
usedFor data communications
telephone services
television distribution

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palapa B2 precededBy Palapa B1
Palapa B series hasPart Palapa B1
Palapa B1 callsign Palapa B1
Palapa A2 followedBy Palapa B1