| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Palapa C2 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Indonesia |
| Operator/Owner | PT Indosat |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 112.99 |
| Perigee (km) | 35784 |
| Apogee (km) | 35789 |
| Eccentricity | 5.93028358616109E-05 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.05 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.13 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3014 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1740 |
| Power (watts) | 3700 |
| Date of Launch | 15-05-1996 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Boeing Satellite Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 44L |
| COSPAR Number | 1996-030A |
| NORAD Number | 23864 |
| Comments | 30 C-band, 6 Ku-band; voice and vision communications to a large area bounded by Iran, Vlodivostok, Australia, and New Zealand. |