Aug 13 1984
From The Space Library
NASA signed an agreement with two insurance organizations, Merrett Syndicates Ltd. and International Underwriters (Intec), to retrieve the Palapa B-2 spacecraft February 6, 1984, for the government of Indonesia. However, it did not achieve the proper transfer orbit when the perigee kick motor failed.
The agreement called for NASA to retrieve the satellite on Space Shuttle mission 51-A, currently scheduled for launch November 2, 1984. The insurance underwriters would pay NASA for costs, not to exceed to $4.8 million, incurred in preparing for and executing the retrieval.
In the near future the parties would sign a standard Space Shuttle launch services agreement, which would contain details of the rescue plan and a commitment to relaunch the satellite in July 1985, should the underwriters request it. (NASA Release 84-116)
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