Nusantara Satu

Nusantara Satu
NamesPSN VI
PSN-6
Mission typeCommunications satellite
OperatorPT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)
COSPAR ID2019-009A Edit this at Wikidata
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 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 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).

  1. ^ a b c "PSN 6 (Nusantara Satu)". Gunter's Space Page. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference sn-20150605 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SSL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Spesifikasi Satelit" [Satellite Specifications]. PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference jls-20180102 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.