Nusantara Satu

Nusantara Satu (formerly known as PSN VI or PSN-6) is an Indonesian communications satellite. It is a large high-throughput satellite (HTS) providing voice and data communications, and Internet access throughout the Indonesian archipelago and Southeast Asia.

Nusantara Satu
NamesPSN VI
PSN-6
Mission typeCommunications satellite
OperatorPT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)
COSPAR ID2019-009A
SATCAT no.44048
Websitehttps://www.psn.co.id/nsatu/
Mission duration15 years (planned) [1]
Spacecraft properties
BusSSL 1300[2][3]
ManufacturerSpace Systems Loral (SSL) [2]
Launch mass4100 kg [4]
Start of mission
Launch date22 February 2019, 01:45:00 UTC
RocketFalcon 9 Block 5, B1048.3
Launch siteCape Canaveral, SLC-40[1]
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[1]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude148° East [5]
Transponders
Band38 C-band and 8 Ku-band[5]
Bandwidth15 Gbits per second[3]
CapacityHigh-throughput satellite[2][5]
Coverage areaIndonesia, Southeast Asia
Nusantara project
 

Nusantara Satu was built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) and was launched on 22 February 2019 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle along with the satellite Beresheet (2019-009B) Moon lander by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the microsat S5 (2019-009D) by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Overview

Nusantara Satu is a communications satellite developed and designed by SSL for PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), the first private company in the telecommunications and information services sector in Indonesia.[3][5][7] The project's cost is US$230 million.[5][7]

The massive satellite features solar-electric ion thrusters[2] but also employs conventional chemical propellant for stationkeeping while in orbit.[2]

Service

The Nusantara Satu satellite carries 26 C-band, 12 extended C-band transponders and 8 Ku-band transponders. The satellite offers a total bandwidth of 15 gigabits per second.[3] Its expected service time is a minimum of 15 years.[1] It will provide communications links to rural parts of Indonesia, allowing PSN to expand broadband internet services into these regions.[8]

References
  1. "PSN 6 (Nusantara Satu)". Gunter's Space Page. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. de Selding, Peter B. (5 June 2015). "Falcon 9 Co-passenger Found for SS/L-built PSN-6 Satellite". SpaceNews. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. "SSL names undisclosed customer announced last month". Maxar Technologies. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. "Spesifikasi Satelit" [Satellite Specifications]. PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. Schuster, John (2 January 2018). "Pasifik Satelit Nusantara - PSN VI project". JLS Capital Strategies. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. "Sinosat 1 (Xinnuo 1, Intelsat APR 1) → ZX 5B (ChinaSat 5B) → PSN 5". Gunter's Space Page. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. "PSN gets US$154 million to build satellite". The Jakarta Post. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. "SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite launch and Israeli moon mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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