Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | PT Telkom |
COSPAR ID | 1999-042A |
SATCAT no. | 25880 |
Website | https://www.telkom.co.id/sites |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 18 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Telkom-1 |
Spacecraft type | LM-A2100 |
Bus | LM-A2100A |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
Launch mass | 2,763 kg (6,091 lb) |
Dry mass | 1,700 kg (3,700 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 August 1999, 22:52 UTC |
Rocket | Ariane 42P H10-3 (V118) |
Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, ELA-2 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Entered service | October 1999 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 25 August 2017 [1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 108° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 36 C-band |
Coverage area | Indonesia, Australia |
Telkom-1 was a geosynchronous communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin, (Sunnyvale, California), for Indonesia's state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (PT Telkom). It operated for almost 18 years, more than two years past designed lifetime of 15 years.