Palapa D

retired

CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 2009-046ALaunched 8/31/2009

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Palapa D Mission
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B
Launch Date: 8/31/2009
Last Contact: 4/20/2021

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,787.5 km
Inclination: 0.07 deg
Dry Mass: 1,700 kg
Total Mass: 4,100 kg

Payload Classification

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

PALAPA-D launched in August 2009 experienced a partial failure due to a gas generator LH2 inlet blockage and subsequent leak.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 17, 2026* PALAPA-D (Aug. 2009, partial fail) - gas generator LH2 inlet blockage & subsequent leak * ChinaSat 9A (Jun. 2017, partial fail) - loss of 3rd stage RCS roll control during coast phase * PALAPA-N1 (Apr. 2020) - 3rd stage engine ignitor failure

Thales Alenia Space built Indosat Ooredoo’s Palapa D satellite, which launched in 2009 and was intended to be replaced by Nusantara-2.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 28, 2021Indonesia orders Thales Alenia Space satellite to replace lost Nusantara-2

Nusantara-2 was intended to serve as a replacement for Indosat’s Palapa-D satellite and to provide expansion capacity for PSN, which operates the Nusantara-1 satellite.

GeneralPlanValue 3.6Apr 9, 2020Long March 3B carrying commercial Indonesian satellite fails