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United States Air ForceDelta 3920/PAMSpace Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Palapa B2P
Launched
March 20, 1987
Summary
Palapa B2P launched on an United States Air Force Delta 3920/PAM from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 20, 1987. It was United States Air Force's 849th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 3,168th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Delta 3920/PAM flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Palapa B2P, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 35,138 × 36,963 km orbit inclined 0.1°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 3920/PAM · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 6th Delta 3920/PAM flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 849th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 3,168th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Palapa B2P · NORAD 17706 · 1987-029 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- AGILA 1 (PALAPA B2P)
- Object ID
- 1987-029A
- Epoch
- 1987-03-22 04:21:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99362479 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0215162
- Inclination
- 0.0904°
- Ascending node
- 177.5952°
- Arg. of perigee
- 334.3753°
- Mean anomaly
- 209.21°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages
- Palapa B2P · NORAD 17706
Delta 182 · re-entered April 23, 1987
Delta 182 PAM-D · re-entered December 18, 1989
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Indonesian geostationary communications satellite
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
75th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 410th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
196 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Palapa B2P launch?
Palapa B2P launched on March 20, 1987. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Palapa B2P?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Palapa B2P?
Delta 3920/PAM, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 3920/PAM spec sheet
Where did Palapa B2P launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Palapa B2P reach?
Palapa B2P, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 35,138 × 36,963 km orbit inclined 0.1°.
How many satellites did Palapa B2P launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).