SpaceX deploys Indonesia's SATRIA-1 communications satellite in orbit

SpaceX deploys Indonesia's SATRIA-1 communications satellite in orbit

• Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully deployed Indonesia's new communications satellite into orbit, the company said on Monday.
• The SATRIA-1 telecommunications satellite lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:21 p.m. EDT (3:51 a.m. IST) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday.
• SATRIA-1 (short for "Satellite of the Republic of Indonesia") will be operated for the Indonesian government by the Indonesian company PSN.
• "Deployment of PSN SATRIA confirmed," SpaceX wrote on Twitter.
• The PSN SATRIA mission marked the 12th launch and landing for the Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, and four Starlink missions, the company said on its website.
• According to The Jakarta Post, the $550 million spacecraft "is envisioned to boost connectivity inclusion in the country, providing free Internet connection to 150,000 public facilities, including schools, regional government offices and health facilities".
• "SATRIA-1 will have a throughput capacity of 150 billion bits per second, three times the capacity of the nine telecommunication satellites that Indonesia currently uses," it added.

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Published date : 19 Jun 2023 03:41PM