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Jumat, 04/09/2009 08:00 WIB Satelit Palapa-D Akhirnya Masuk Orbit Geostasioner Achmad Rouzni Noor II - detikinet Jakarta - Satelit Palapa-D milik Indosat akhirnya berhasil ditempatkan di posisi normal orbit transfer geostasioner (GTO) sejak diluncurkan Senin, 31 Agustus 2009 lalu di Xichang, China pukul 16.28 WIB atau pukul 17.28 waktu setempat. GTO merupakan orbit transfer yang ditempati suatu satelit sebelum satelit menuju ke slot orbit akhir yang dimaksud. Secara bertahap satelit akan dikontrol untuk bergerak ke Geostationary Syncronous Orbit yang diperkirakan akan sampai pada pertengahan September 2009. Selanjutnya, akan dilakukan 'in orbit test' untuk semua fungsi dan parameter satelit, sebelum diserahterimakan ke Indosat, yang direncanakan pada minggu-3 Oktober 2009. "Sehingga dapat segera menggantikan satelit Palapa-C2 yang akan habis masa orbitnya dalam waktu dekat," ujar Group Head Corpora

Palapa-D Pushed Into GTO — A Thales Alenia Space Success!  If you've been following along, the Palapa-D satellite, owned by Indosat, ran into difficulties after its lofting by a Chinese launch vehicle.  The third stage of that rocket developed problems and the Palapa-D satellite ender up in an incorrect orbit. Rather than accept this malfunction, Thales Alenia Space initiated their own work to see what could be done to reposition the satellite correctly. Now, Thales Alenia Space has announced that the Palapa-D communications satellite has been successfully placed into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) — this will enable starting a nominal Launch Early Operation Phase. The three perigee boost maneuvers required to adapt the injection orbit at spacecraft separation were performed successfully and were carried out securely and with optimised use of propellant. Congratulations!