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Delta 6925-8
Status: Retired 1990. First Launch: 1990-04-13. Last Launch: 1990-04-13. Number: 1 . Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Gross mass: 219,000 kg (482,000 lb). Height: 39.00 m (127.00 ft). Diameter: 2.44 m (8.00 ft). Apogee: 40,000 km (24,000 mi).
LEO Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) to a GTO.
Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: USA. Engines: RS-27A. Spacecraft: HS 376. Projects: Palapa. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LC17B. Stages: Delta Thor XLT-C, Castor 4A engine, Delta K, Star 48. Agency: Douglas.
1990 April 13 - . 22:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 6925-8.
- Palapa B2R - .
Mass: 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). Nation: Indonesia.
Agency: Perumtel.
Program: Palapa.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: HS 376.
USAF Sat Cat: 20570 . COSPAR: 1990-034A. Apogee: 35,795 km (22,241 mi). Perigee: 35,784 km (22,235 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.30 min.
Refurbished Palapa B2 retrieved by STS-51A; 107.7 deg E. Communication services for Indonesia, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Papua New Guinea. Launch time 2227:59.719 Z. Launch complex 17, ETR. Positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 108 deg E in 1990-1999 As of 29 August 2001 located at 42.49 deg E drifting at 0.002 deg E per day. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 163.55E drifting at 2.663W degrees per day.
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