Palapa D
Indonesian geostationary communications satellite; launch vehicle failure caused reduced lifespan
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Palapa D
Summary
Palapa D is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Palapa D is in the country of Indonesia[3].
- Palapa D's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
- Palapa D's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[5].
- Palapa D's operator is recorded as Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison[6].
- Palapa D's follows is recorded as Palapa C2[7].
- Palapa D's manufacturer is recorded as Thales Alenia Space[8].
- Palapa D's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2009-046A[9].
- Palapa D's space launch vehicle is recorded as Long March 3B[10].
- Palapa D's SCN is recorded as 35812[11].
- Palapa D's country of origin is recorded as France[12].
- Palapa D's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[13].
- Palapa D's powered by is recorded as S400[14].
- Palapa D's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[15].
- Palapa D's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2009-08-31T00:00:00Z[16].
- Palapa D's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07kdds5[17].
- Palapa D's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-4000B3[18].
- Palapa D's service entry is recorded as +2009-11-00T00:00:00Z[19].
- Palapa D's service retirement is recorded as +2020-08-31T00:00:00Z[20].
- Palapa D's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[21].
- Palapa D's significant event is recorded as service entry[22].
- Palapa D's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[23].
- Palapa D's launch contractor is recorded as China Great Wall Industry Corporation[24].
- Palapa D's start point is recorded as Xichang Satellite Launch Center[25].
- Palapa D's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4100'}[26].
- Palapa D's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "35812"][27].
Why It Matters
Palapa D ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]