Palapa

This article is about the Indonesian satellites. For Gajah Mada's historical oath, see Palapa oath. For other uses, see Palapa (disambiguation).

View of the Palapa-B2 satellite from Space Shuttle Challenger after deployment on STS-41B in 1984.

Palapa is a series of communications satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunications company (formerly by Perumtel and then by PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia/Satelindo). The first satellite was launched in July 1976, at which time Indonesia became the first developing country to operate its own domestic satellite system.[1] The estimated cost for the project was US$1 billion (equivalent to $4.17 billion in 2023).[2][3]

  1. ^ "History of Palapa Satellite". PalapaSat. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ^ Jones, R. (1976). "Satellite communications: Indonesia's bitter fruit". Pacific Research and World Empire Telegram. 7 (4): 1–6.
  3. ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 30 November 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.