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Palapa
Indonesian geostationary communications satellites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Indonesian satellites. For Gajah Mada's historical oath, see Palapa oath. For other uses, see Palapa (disambiguation).
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]
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