Affected By Reprioritization, Komdigi Still Reviewing Satria-2 Launch Plan

Minister of Komdigi Meutya Hafid (photo: Rana/VOI)

Since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) has not provided clarity regarding the plan to launch Satria-2. Apparently, this launch plan was also affected by efficiency.

Minister Komdigi Meutya Hafid revealed that the government is still reviewing the satellite. For now, Meutya emphasized that they are still focused on expanding the Satria-1 network.

"With the government program's reprioritization, we will continue to study the Satria-2 urgency. However, because the government is focusing on reprioritizing, we are still feeling enough about the existence of Satria-1," explained Meutya at the Komdigi Office on Thursday, June 5.

Komdigi is also reviewing the need for additional satellites from private companies, such as Starlink from SpaceX and Amazon's Kuiper Project. These satellites are expected to improve network connectivity in Indonesia.

"We are currently reviewing the need for additional satellites or support (satellite) in low-earth orbit (LEO) areas, such as Starlink and Kuiper or other technologies," explained Meutya.

According to him, this combination of using state-run and private satellites is important because Indonesia is a large country. The hope is that the government can rely on network connectivity from various technologies.

This includes the use of satellites from various regions, both geostationary orbits (GEO) and LEO. The combination of satellite use in different orbital areas can strengthen the network available in the country.

"With the archipelagic Indonesian model, we will use this combination of approaches. So, there are GEO-satellite, there are LEO-satellite, and so on. You can't choose only this (GEO) or only the other (LEO)," said Meutya.