Palapa A2, Indonesia’s second domestic geostationary communications satellite for PERUMTEL (Hughes HS-333). Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral LC-17A placed the 12 C-band-transponder craft in GEO to serve the Indonesian archipelago and neighboring Southeast Asia.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 575 kg
- Flight
- 16th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 10 March 1977, 23:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1977-018
- Launches in 1977
- 19th of 130
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