PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara

PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) is an Indonesian satellite communication company.^[1]

It was formed in 1991 and was the first satellite-based telecommunications company in Indonesia. In 1995, a collaboration started what was to become ACES (Asia Cellular Satellite system). In 1998, a WAN-based service for corporate customers was introduced. In 1996, it became the first Indonesian company to be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

In 2019, the company launched Nusantara Satu, Indonesia's first Broadband Satellite that uses high-throughput satellite technology for a greater bandwidth capacity to provide broadband access services to all regions of Indonesia.

Nusantara Satu

Main article: Nusantara Satu

Nusantara Satu (formerly known as PSN-6) is a communications satellite. It is a large high-throughput satellite to provide voice and data communications, and broadband Internet throughout the Indonesian archipelago and Southeast Asia. Nusantara Satu was built by Space Systems Loral and was launched in February 2019 on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle along with the private Beresheet Moon lander and S5, a small satellite by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Nusantara-H1-A

Nusantara-H1-A is a 16U cubesat launching as a rideshare with ViaSat-3 on a Falcon Heavy launch no earlier than March 2023. The purpose is to retain Ka- and Ku-band rights to a geostationary orbital slot. After a minimum 3 months to satisfy 'bring into use' requirements it will move to another location.^[2]

SATRIA-1

SATRIA-1 is an Indonesian geostationary VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space (TAS). It is a geostationary communications satellite at 146° East, expected to launch on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle in the fourth quarter of 2023.^[3][4] Thales Alenia Space started developing the Ka-band spacecraft in September 2020. The project has secured about US$545 million in funding, partly backed by Bpifrance export-credit agency of France.^[4] As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space will deliver the satellite based on its Spacebus-Neo full electric platform and fitted with a fifth-generation digital processor (5G).^[5]

Nusantara Lima

This satellite will augment the capacity of SATRIA-1.^[6] It is expected to launch Q2 2023.^[7]

References

•  Spaceflight portal

1. "Pasifik Satelit Nusantara" (Press release) (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
2. "Indonesia requests ITU deadline extension for Falcon Heavy launch of cubesat into geostationary orbit". 29 June 2022.
3. "Kominfo Beberkan Sederet Program Infrastruktur dan SDM Digital di 2023" [Kominfo Reveals a Line of Digital Infrastructure and HR Programs in 2023]. Tribun News (in Indonesian). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. Rainbow, Jason (3 March 2021). "Delayed Indonesian broadband satellite SATRIA fully funded". SpaceNews. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
5. Krebs, Gunter (3 September 2020). "SATRIA". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
6. "PSN Group Builds Nusantara Lima Satellite". 22 March 2022.
7. "Indonesia's SATRIA-1 satellite projected to orbit on 2023: official". 13 July 2022.