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... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Palapa-B2'''''
Image = Image:Palapa_B-2_STS-51-A.jpg 200px Organization = Unknown (Indonesia),Unknown (United States) Major_Contractors = ... .nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Palapa-B2 Here Telecommunications Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Palapa-B2 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle Palapa-B2, a communications satellite launched from ...

... Infobox Spacecraft Name = '''''Palapa-B1'''''
Image = Image:PALAPAB1-STS7.jpg 200px Organization = Unknown (United States),Unknown (Indonesia) Major_ ... Telecommunications Information = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Palapa-B1 Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle Palapa-B1 was an Indonesian communications satellite deployed from the STS 7 ...

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... flight, the crew recovered the satellites Palapa B2 and Westar VI, which had not operated properly following their earlier deployment from the Space Shuttle . The Palapa B2 recovery was the first retrieval ever of ... to Palapa B2-possibly the shortest $35 million salvage operation ever undertaken, the Washington Post reported. Insurance companies had to pay the owners of the two satellites, the government of Indonesia (Palapa B2), and ...

... . The Indonesian satellite Palapa-B2, launched February 6, went into a useless orbit, believed to be caused by the same technical problem that Westar VI suffered. The NAADC located Palapa-B2 about seven hours ...

... first untethered space walks by McCandless and Stewart, using manned maneuvering unit. WESTAR-VI and PALAPA-B2 satellites were deployed, but failure of Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) rocket motors left ... manned maneuvering unit (MMU). McCandless operating time 1 hour, 55 minutes; Stewart, 44 minutes. Payload PALAPA-B2 (Indonesian communications satellite) with Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D and WESTAR (Western Union communications satellite ...

... were deployed from the Space Shuttle, one being WESTAR VI and the other one being PALAPA-B2, and they malfunctioned, both of them, leaving them in useless orbits. It seems to me ... and an inch in diameter, that was called an antenna snubber. When the WESTAR and PALAPA satellites were to get up on orbit to operate, the circular reflectors would be released ... , and then rendezvoused with WESTAR—sorry. I forget whether we picked up WESTAR first or PALAPA. But all this unique hardware that McDonnell Douglas and Hughes had developed, Dale Gardner tried ...

... ) was deployed. Allen and Gardner, wearing jet-propelled manned maneuvering units, retrieved two malfunctioning satellites: PALAPA-B2 and WESTAR-VI, both deployed on Mission 41-B. Fisher operated the remote manipulator system ... (PAM)-D deployment, Syncom IV-1 communications satellite deployment with its unique stage; retrieval of PALAPA B-2 and WESTAR VI communications satellites with PAM-D that failed to ignite on ...

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