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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:15:01
Thursday February 1, 1996
Watch Replay
24/7 Coverage
Paksat-1, (Other former designations include Palapa-C1, HGS-3, and Anatolia-1), was a geosynchronous and communications satellite built and owned by the Boeing Company, leased to the Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and renamed Paksat-1. It was successfully put into orbit on 1 February 1996 as Palapa-C1 for Indonesia as its original customer. But, after technical problems, the satellite was leased to SUPARCO at an orbital location of 38° East longitude in December 2002. The satellite was retired in 2011 and moved to a graveyard orbit.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,000 kilograms
Manufacturer
LockheedRocket
Height: 47.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,618 kg
GTO: 3,933 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,957 Kilonewtons
Stages
2
Strap-ons
4
21st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1996
6th
Orbital launch attempt