Palapa oath

In the oath, Gajah Mada swore that he would not rest as long as he had not succeeded in unifying Nusantara (Maritime Southeast Asia).

"[2]: 364 From this manuscript, historians have learnt several names of places and polities in Nusantara that (at the time the oath was taken) were not under Majapahit suzerainty and were targeted by Gajah Mada's ambitious expansive campaign.

[3] The subjugation of Sunda by Majapahit means that Gajah Mada has finally fulfilled his Palapa oath:[4]... Tunggalan padompo pasunda.

The program was started in February 1975 and the satellite was launched on 9 July 1976 from Cape Caneveral, United States.

A university-wide orientation session for freshman students at Gadjah Mada University was named PPSMB Palapa from its inception in 2012 until its renaming in 2023.

High relief at Monas in Jakarta, depicting Gajah Mada taking his Palapa oath.
Gajah Mada statue in front of Telecommunication Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah , Jakarta. Palapa , Indonesia's first telecommunication satellite was named after the Palapa oath.