President Director Of PSN: Satellite Nusantara Lima Becomes Momentum For Indonesian Space Sovereignty

JAKARTA - The Nusantara Lima (SNL) satellite from PT Pacific Satelit Nusantara (PSN) was officially launched on a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.

After experiencing several days of delay due to bad weather, the Nusantara Lima Satellite finally managed to overcome it on Friday, September 12 at around 08.56 WIB.

The Nusantara Lima satellite takes four to five months on its journey in space to occupy the orbit slot 113 degrees East Longitude.

After reaching orbit, PSN will conduct In-Orbit Testing for three weeks to ensure all SNL devices function normally after launch.

In the last stage, PSN conducted an In-Orbit Acceptance Review (IOAR) to ensure that SNL and other supporting infrastructure (grid segment) such as eight earth stations and other communication networks had been integrated and tested and functioning properly.

PSN President Director Adi Rahman Adiwoso said the success of the launch of the Satellite (N5) further strengthens Indonesia's capability and credibility as one of the important players in the global space industry.

"We hope that the presence of the Nusantara Lima Satellite can have a significant impact on various aspects of life and support the Indonesian government in realizing the sovereignty of space," Adi Rahman said in his official statement.

N5 is a 160 Gbps capacity satellite equipped with Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) technology that allows a larger bandwidth capacity to provide services to all corners of Indonesia, even to the Philippines and Malaysia.

The 7.8-ton satellite is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system, namely using chemical and electronic Xenon-Ion (XIPS) propulsion, which is ten times more efficient than conventional satellites, and 101 beam spots that work at the Ka-band frequency.

To support the operation of the largest capacity satellite in Asia, PSN collaborated with Hughes Network System in building eight earth stations spread across several cities such as Banda Aceh, Bengkulu, Cikarang, Gresik, Banjarmasin, Tarakan, Kupang, and Makassar.

The reason for the spread of this earth station is so that the N5 Satellite can reach the Disadvantaged, Frontier, and Outermost (3T) areas which have been difficult to get internet access so far.