Delta 6925-8
Launch vehicle · USA
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American orbital launch vehicle. Four stage vehicle consisting of 9 x Castor 4A + 1 x EELT Thor/RS-27+ 1 x Delta K + 1 x Star 48B with 2.4 m (8 foot) diameter fairing)
LEO Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) to a GTO.
Related
- 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
Chronology
1 event
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.