Nusantara Satu

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

Names	PSN VI PSN-6
Mission type	Communications satellite
Operator	PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)
COSPAR ID	2019-009A
SATCAT no.	44048
Website	https://www.psn.co.id/nsatu/
Mission duration	15 years (planned) [1]
Spacecraft properties
Bus	SSL 1300[2][3]
Manufacturer	Space Systems Loral (SSL) [2]
Launch mass	4100 kg [4]
Start of mission
Launch date	22 February 2019, 01:45:00 UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 Block 5 B1048-3
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, SLC-40[1]
Contractor	SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	148° East [5]
Transponders
Band	38 C-band and 8 Ku-band[5]
Bandwidth	15 Gbits per second[3]
Capacity	High-throughput satellite[2][5]
Coverage area	Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Nusantara project ← PSN-5[6] Nusantara Dua →

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).

Overview

Nusantara Satu is a communications satellite developed and designed by SSL for PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), the first private company in the telecommunications and information services sector in Indonesia.^[3][5][7] The project's cost is US$230 million.^[5][7]

The massive satellite features solar-electric ion thrusters^[2] but also employs conventional chemical propellant for stationkeeping while in orbit.^[2]

Service

The Nusantara Satu satellite carries 26 C-band, 12 extended C-band transponders and 8 Ku-band transponders. The satellite offers a total bandwidth of 15 gigabits per second.^[3] Its expected service time is a minimum of 15 years.^[1] It will provide communications links to rural parts of Indonesia, allowing PSN to expand broadband internet services into these regions.^[8]