Palapa C2

Summary

Palapa C2 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Palapa C2 is in the country of Indonesia^[3].
• Palapa C2's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Palapa C2's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• Palapa C2's owned by is recorded as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison^[6].
• Palapa C2's operator is recorded as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison^[7].
• Palapa C2's follows is recorded as Paksat-1^[8].
• Palapa C2's followed by is recorded as Palapa D^[9].
• Palapa C2's manufacturer is recorded as Hughes Aircraft Company^[10].
• Palapa C2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1996-030A^[11].
• Palapa C2's part of is recorded as Palapa^[12].
• Palapa C2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 44L^[13].
• Palapa C2's SCN is recorded as 23864^[14].
• Palapa C2's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[15].
• Palapa C2's powered by is recorded as R-4D^[16].
• Palapa C2's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[17].
• Palapa C2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1996-05-16T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Palapa C2's spacecraft bus is recorded as Boeing 601^[19].
• Palapa C2's service entry is recorded as +1996-07-00T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Palapa C2's service retirement is recorded as +2016-11-00T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Palapa C2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[22].
• Palapa C2's significant event is recorded as service entry^[23].
• Palapa C2's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[24].
• Palapa C2's start point is recorded as ELA-2^[25].
• Palapa C2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7.5'}^[26].
• Palapa C2's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4.7'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Palapa C2 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]