Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Palapa-D also known as Palapa D1 is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Indosat. It was built by Thales Alenia Space based on the Spacebus-4000B3 satellite bus and carries thirty five G/H band and five J band transponders (US IEEE C and Ku bands respectively). It is intended to be positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 113° East where it will replace the Palapa C2 satellite.Indosat ordered Palapa-D from Thales Alenia Space in 2007.