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Indonesia to launch domestic satellite in 1976
Indonesia plans a July 1976 launch of a Thor Delta rocket carrying a 1,200 pound HS333 satellite. The geostationary craft will relay telex, telegraph, telephone, and TV signals across the archipelago, addressing crowded Java and a largely illiterate population.
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