Merah Putih (satellite)
| TELKOM-4 (Merah Putih) | |
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| Start date | August 7, 2018, 5:18 UTC |
| Launcher | SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | SLC-40 , Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2018-064A |
| Takeoff mass | 5800 kg |
| Manufacturer | Space Systems / Loral |
| Satellite bus | SSL-1300 |
| lifespan | 16 years |
| Stabilization | Three-axis stabilization |
| operator | PT.Telekomunikasi Indonesia.tbk |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 60 C-band transponders |
| position | |
| First position | 108 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Merah Putih - originally Telkom 4 - is a communications satellite owned by the Indonesian company Telkom Indonesia . It is named after the Merah Putih , the flag of Indonesia.
The satellite was on August 7, 2018 5:18 UTC with a block Falcon 9-5 - carrier rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 into a geostationary transfer orbit brought. The launch of the satellite was just as easy as the landing of the first stage of the rocket, which was used and reprocessed when the Bangabandhu 1 satellite was launched, on a salvage ship in the Atlantic, more than 650 kilometers off the coast of Florida .
The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 60 C-band transponders and supplies telecommunication services from the position 108 ° East from Indonesia (36 transponders planned) and India (24 transponders). It was built on the basis of the SSL-1300 satellite bus from Space Systems / Loral and has a planned service life of 16 years. The Telkom 1 satellite, launched in 1999, was stationed at the orbital position 108 ° and failed in 2017.
Web links
- Satellite Built by Maxar Technologies' SSL for Indonesia's Largest Telecom Company is Performing Post-Launch Maneuvers According to Plan . Press release from the manufacturer Space Systems / Loral from August 8, 2018
- Telkom's Merah Putih Satellite Launched in Cape Canaveral, Florida . Press release of the operator Telkom Indonesia from August 7, 2018
- Telkom 4 at LyngSat
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Orion: Falcon 9 puts Merah Putih into orbit , August 7, 2018, accessed on August 8, 2018
- ↑ Spaceflight Now: Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih - Spaceflight Now , August 6, 2018, accessed on August 8, 2018
- ↑ raumfahrer.net: SpaceX brings Telkom 4 into space , August 7, 2018, accessed on August 8, 2018