The Orbit Slot For The SATRIA-1 Satellite Is Secure Until October 31, 2023

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has succeeded in maintaining the satellite orbit filing slot of 146 ° degrees east longitude (BT) for the Republic of Indonesia Satellite One or SATRIA-1. This means that Indonesia can fill this orbital filing slot until October 31, 2023.

"For our cooperation and of course our support and prayers and efforts, this request for an extension of the satellite filing term has been approved by the Radio Regulations Board (RBB) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)," said Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate in a virtual press conference. , Tuesday, April 6.

Johnny said, the extension of the 146 degrees BT satellite orbit filing slot was obtained after the proposal for an extension of the validity period for the use of the orbit filing slot was approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RBB). This request is a follow-up to the previous trial which was held in October 2020.

"The results of the application were also published on the ITU website on March 31, 2021 and submitted by letter from the Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau to the Indonesian Telecommunications Administration on April 1," he continued.

Johnny said that his party had held intensive meetings since last January with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia in Geneva, BLU BAKTI, and PT PSN as the operator of satellite filing users, to finalize proposals and supporting documents for applications to be submitted at the hearing.

The proposal for an extension of the validity period for the use of the PSN-146E filing used for the SATRIA-1 satellite was finally approved by the ITU RBB.

"Indonesia is given a period of seven months to extend the orbit filing permit, which is up to October 31, 2023. This is in line with or the same as the support from the SATRIA-1 satellite manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space," said Johnny.

Minister Johnny emphasized that this extension would not change the launch schedule and commercial operation date of the SATRIA-1 satellite in the fourth quarter of 2023. The extension of the term of this orbital filing, he said, also made Indonesia avoid additional costs of around US $ 9 million.

"The filing extension for seven months can or is useful to avoid additional costs of approximately 9 million US dollars for floater placement, to avoid placing floaters," said Johnny.

It is known that the SATRIA-1 project is one of the national strategic projects. This project is aimed at meeting the capacity needs of Indonesia's satellites to provide internet access at 150 thousand public service points.

"Therefore it is important to make various efforts for the success of the launch of this Satria satellite," said Minister Johnny.