How Satria Satellite Works 1: Here's An Explanation From Kominfo

How Satria 1 Satellite Works (NASA Image - Unsplash)

YOGYAKARTA - Soon the internet in Indonesia will increase and run smoothly. Why? Yes, because the Indonesia Raya Satellite (SATRIA) -1 has launched. This satellite is designed as a Satellite Broadband to provide fast internet access services. This service can be a solution for public education, health and government service points that have not been reached by fast internet access through a fiber optic cable network or Base Tranceiver Station (BTS). Curious about how the Satria 1 satellite works?

Launching from the Kominfo.go.id website, SATRIA-1 operations are also supported by 1 natural station or Gateway, including Cikarang, Batam, Banjarmasin, Tarakan, Pontianak, Kupang, Ambon, Manado, Manokwari, Timika, and Jayapura.

"Gateway Cikarang will be the position of the Primary Satellite Control Center Station and Network Operation Control," said PT SNT President Director Adi Rahman Adiwoso at the SATRIA-1 Launch Press Conference at the Ministry of Communication and Information Office, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, June 13.

SATRIA- 1 allows direct internet access Direct to Home (DTH) services, in this case directly to the position of public service offices. Satellite technology is appropriate for remote positions such as government offices as well as schools in disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas.

The provision of direct satellite internet access that can be received via V- SAT is a breakdown because the installation of satellite-based internet features is relatively faster than the construction of BTS or fiber optic cable networks.

To use direct internet access from the satellite, a Very Small Aperture Stop (VSAT) feature is needed. Call it a small parabolic antenna that uses satellites for communication roads or satellite telecommunications stops. Usually, the VSAT antenna is between 0.6 and 2.4 m in diameter. But there is also a large VSAT antenna with a length of 3 s.d. 6 m.

SATRIA-1 has a capacity of 150 Gbps which is useful for sharing internet access at 150.000 public service points.

With a total satellite transmission capacity of 150 Gbps, each service point will get a capacity of up to 1 Mbps.

With air transmission surgery, it allows SATRIA-1 services to reach a very wide coverage area from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas to Rote Island. The wide coverage of services will be able to overcome geographical barriers such as land, mountains, hills, valleys and canyons.

SATRIA-1 is one of the government's breakthroughs to meet the reach of BTS 4G and the Palapa Ring Optical Fiber Cable Network. First, the Government borrowed the satellite internet capacity from 5 industries while waiting for SATRIA-1 to be operational.

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