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Palapa B2R

Indonesian communications satellite; refurbishment of Palapa B2
Vehicle communications_satellite Q12502231

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
communications satellite, geostationary satellite[3]
Country
Indonesia[2]
Follows
Agila-1[5]
Followed by
Palapa B4[6]
Launch date
1990-04-13
Part of
Palapa[8]
Diameter
2.16 m
Different from
Palapa B2[21]
Height
6.83 m[22]
Launch vehicle
Delta II
Manufacturer
Hughes Aircraft Company[7]
Mass
1,200 kg, 692 kg[23]
Operator
Telkom Indonesia[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array, nickel–cadmium battery, STAR 30[10][11][12]
Satellite of
low Earth orbit
Significant event
refurbishing (1985–1990), rocket launch, name change, service retirement[16][17][18]
Space launch vehicle
Delta II[9]
Space tug
PAM-D[19]
Spacecraft bus
Boeing 376[15]
Start point
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B[20]
Type of orbit
low Earth orbit[13]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
April 13, 1990[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en NewSat 1 en Palapa B2R
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
1990-034A
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1hb_flfhg
NSSDCA ID
1990-034A
SCN
20570
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "20570"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
communications satellite, geostationary satellite
Powered by 2
nickel–cadmium battery, spacecraft solar array
Country 1
Indonesia
Different from 1
Palapa B2
Followed by 1
Palapa B4
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Palapa B4
Follows 1
Agila-1
Manufacturer 1
Hughes Aircraft Company
Operator 1
Telkom Indonesia
Part of 1
Palapa
Preceded by (successor) 1
Agila-1
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Delta II
Space tug 1
PAM-D
Spacecraft bus 1
Boeing 376
Start point 1
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B
Type of orbit 1
low Earth orbit
← Different from 1
Palapa B2
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Summary

Palapa B2R is a communications satellite[1].

Related Entities

Agila-1 Boeing 376 Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B communications satellite Delta II geostationary satellite Indonesia Palapa Palapa B2 Palapa B4 PAM-D

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . boeing.com. boeing.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . flightglobal.com. flightglobal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . planet4589.org. planet4589.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . space.jpl.nasa.gov. space.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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