Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:56:00
Thursday May 16, 1996
Flight V86.
Palapa is a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company. All the satellites were launched by the United States, starting with the first in July 1976, at which time Indonesia became the first developing country to operate its own domestic satellite system.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,985 kilograms
Intelsat 24, previously Amos-1, is a commercial communication satellite which is operated by Intelsat. It was previously operated by Spacecom as Amos-1 and formed part of the AMOS series of satellites. It was the first Israeli civilian communications satellite and was initially positioned at 4° West longitude in geostationary orbit. It has since been moved to 47.3 degrees East.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
999 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 4,720 kg
Liftoff Thrust
6,000 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
58th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1996
77th
Mission
5th
Mission of 1996
32nd
Orbital launch attempt