The name Palapa also alludes to " Palapa Oath " taken by Gajah Mada, a 14th century Prime Minister of the Javanese Majapahit Empire described in the Pararaton ( Book of Kings ).

Gajah Mada delivered an oath called Sumpah Palapa, in which he vowed not to eat any food containing spices until he had conquered all of Nusantara under the glory of Majapahit.

He delivered an oath called Sumpah Palapa, in which he vowed not to eat any food containing spices until he had conquered all of the Southeast Asian archipelago of Nusantara for Majapahit.

The construction of communication towers and launch of the Palapa series of communication satellites was done during the New Order period.

The MMU was used in practice to retrieve a pair of faulty communications satellites, Westar VI and Palapa B2.

The propulsion unit was used to retrieve two communication satellites, Westar VI and Palapa B2, that did not reach their proper orbits because of faulty propulsion modules.

Two communications satellites were deployed about 8 hours after launch ; one, WESTAR, was for Western Union, and the other, Palapa B-2, for Indonesia.

Of the ships that acknowledged the request, the Tampa was closest to the site and began to proceed towards the distressed Palapa 1.

It is said that it was during his appointment as mahapatih under queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi that Gajah Mada took his famous oath, Sumpah Palapa.

Indonesia's first telecommunication satellite was called Satelit Palapa signifying its role in uniting the country.

However, after the Challenger disaster the deployment of commercial satellites like the Indonesian Palapa B-3 planned for the STS-61-H mission was canceled, thus the mission never took place.

The main task of the mission was to bring three commercial satellites into orbit – Skynet 4A, Palapa B3 and Westar 6S.

Palapa B3 was renamed to Palapa B2P and was launched on 20 March 1987 with a Delta-3920.

The fifth, Palapa D1 for Indosat, uses the ITAR-free configuration, and was launched by a Long March 3B in September 2009, but was initially placed in a low orbit.

The Space Shuttle mission to retrieve Westar 6, as well as the Palapa B2 satellite which shared the launch payload with Westar 6, was funded by the insurance companies that insured the launch of those two satellites.

The name Palapa was chosen by president Suharto and means ' fruits of labor '.

Two communications satellites – Anik C-2 for Telesat of Canada, and Palapa B-l for Indonesia – were successfully deployed during the first two days of the mission.

The orbiter then began a series of maneuvers to meet up with the first of the two satellites to be recovered, Palapa B-2.

During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for Canada ( ANIK-C2 ) and Indonesia ( Palapa B-1 ); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System ( RMS ) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise ( with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite ( SPAS-01 )); and with Crippen conducted the first piloting of the orbiter in close proximity to a free-flying satellite ( SPAS-01 ).

In the first space salvage mission in history the crew also retrieved for return to earth the Palapa B-2 and Westar VI satellites.

In the first space salvage attempt in history the crew successfully retrieved for return to Earth the Palapa B-2 and Westar VI communications satellites.

During the mission, the STS-7 crew deployed satellites for Canada ( ANIK C-2 ) and Indonesia ( Palapa B1 ); operated the Canadian-built Remote Manipulator System ( RMS ) to perform the first deployment and retrieval exercise with the Shuttle Pallet Satellite ( SPAS-01 ); conducted the first formation flying of the Orbiter with a free-flying satellite ( SPAS-01 ); carried and operated the first U. S ./ German cooperative materials science payload ( OSTA-2 ); and operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System ( CFES ) and the Monodisperse Latex Reactor ( MLR ) experiments, in addition to activating seven " Getaway Specials.

In the first space salvage mission in history, the crew also retrieved for return to Earth the Palapa B-2 and Westar VI satellites.

This time, Gardner, using the same muscle-power technique Allen had used for Palapa B-2's rescue, easily captured the satellite.

A condiment made of traditionally cultivated spices, locally known as Palapa is one of their distinguished cuisine symbol.

Palapa is a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company.

The generations of Palapa satellites has been launched to fulfill the communication needs of Indonesia that keeps increasing day by day.

During his inauguration Gajah Mada declared his Sumpah Palapa, revealing his plan to expand Majapahit realm and building an empire.

Palapa B-2 after deployment.

Palapa B-2 and Westar 6, meanwhile, had been deployed during the STS-41-B mission earlier in the year, but had been placed into improper orbits due to the malfunctioning of their kick motors ; they were both safely recovered and returned to Earth during STS-51-A.

Gardner holds up a " For Sale " sign, referring to the Palapa B-2 and Westar 6 satellites.

On day five of the mission, Discovery rendezvoused with Palapa.

In a dramatic salvage effort, they also rendezvoused with and returned from space two satellites previously launched into improper orbits, the Indonesian Palapa B-2 and the Western Union WESTAR VI communication satellites.

At dawn on 24 August 2001, a 20 metre wooden fishing boat, the Palapa 1, with 438 ( 369 men, 26 women and 43 children ) mainly Hazara unauthorised arrivals became stranded in international waters about 140 km north of Christmas Island.

Weather did not allow an outdoor meeting, so the Assembly moved their deliberations to a nearby indoor real tennis court, where they proceeded to swear the Tennis Court Oath ( 20 June 1789 ), under which they agreed not to separate until they had given France a constitution.

This action led to the Tennis Court Oath, where the members swore to not separate until a Constitution was established.

When he shut down the Salle des États where the Assembly met, the Assembly moved their deliberations to a nearby tennis court, where they proceeded to swear the Tennis Court Oath ( 20 June 1789 ), under which they agreed not to separate until they had given France a constitution.

They also found the engraving plant where he had had the forged plate for the Oath of a Freeman made.

The Member and supporters then process to the Speaker's table, where the new Member takes the Oath of Allegiance or Solemn Affirmation.

However, enthusiasm for mother's family's businesses ultimately gave way to the call of the Palace of Westminster, where, back from Iraq, he took the Oath in the Lords on 3 December 1957, in the Third Session of the 41st Parliament.

The Assembly moved their deliberations to the king's tennis court ( Jeu de paume ), where they proceeded to swear the Tennis Court Oath ( Serment du jeu de paume ), under which they agreed not to separate until they had settled the constitution of France.

In December 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced a policy directive that Muslim women must remove niqabs throughout the citizenship ceremony where they declare their Oath of Allegiance.

In the Estates-General and ( after he took the Tennis Court Oath ) in the National Constituent Assembly, where he sat as deputy for the Third Estate in the bailiwick of Dourdan, he professed Liberalism and proposed various financial laws, without affiliating to any particular faction.

Aged 18 and a signatory to the Fenian Oath, he moved to Dublin where he worked as a docker until he became blacklisted for attempting to unionise the workers.

On April 2, 1761 a force of 50 militia men and 40 soldiers set out for Tallow, " where they took ( mostly in their beds ) eleven Levellers, against whom Information on Oath was given.

The Oath of Allegiance, with the addition of the words " on becoming a British citizen " ( or other type of British national, as appropriate ), is also used at citizenship ceremonies, where persons being registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom are required to swear or affirm their allegiance to the Queen, her heirs and successors, and additionally make a pledge to follow the laws of the country and uphold its democratic values.

This takes Pollack first of all to an occult bookshop called " The Oath of Incannabulata " where he steals a copy of a book about the mysterious " Order of Bonniface ".

Hippocrates mentions euthanasia in the Hippocratic Oath, which was written between 400 and 300 BC The original Oath states: “ To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death .” Despite this, the ancient Greeks and Romans generally did not believe that life needed to be preserved at any cost and were, in consequence, tolerant of suicide in cases where no relief could be offered to the dying or, in the case of the Stoics and Epicureans, where a person no longer cared for his life.

The Sword features heavily in the Oath of Allegiance Ceremony where the King ceremoniously dip the sword into a bowl of sacred water, he will then drink the water as an example, followed by senior civil servants and military officers as a sign of allegiance to the institution of the Monarchy.

The Assembly moved their deliberations to the king's tennis court, where they proceeded to swear the Tennis Court Oath ( June 20, 1789 ), under which they agreed not to separate until they had given France a constitution.