- Nusantrara Dua (Rocket Launch Live)
- Long March 3B: Palapa-N1 (Nusantara Dua) launch failure (Wikipedia)
- Satelit Nusantara Dua Gagal Mengorbit, Siaran TV dan Radio Terancam Bermasalah (Kumparan, Indonesian)
- Indonesia Scrambles for Satellite Replacement After Nusantara Dua Destroyed in Launch From China (Jakarta Globe)
- PALAPA-N1卫星发射失利 (Xinhua News Agency, Chinese)
- Background on the satellite: https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/palapa-n1.htm
- Official statement (Xinhua News Agency)
On Thursday, April 9th, 2020, at 11:46 UTC, a Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched the Nusantara Dua satellite.
Unfortunately, the Indonesian satellite did not make it to orbit. Adi Rahman Adiwoso, the managing director of Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, stated that one of the engines on the third stage failed to start so there wasn’t enough thrust to get the satellite into its transfer orbit. Instead, Nusantara Dua crashed into the ocean.
The satellite was insured and will eventually be replaced.
Unfortunately, this was a replacement for another aging Indonesian communications satellite. The old satellite is scheduled to be decommissioned by the end of July 2020 — about three months from now. According to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Johnny G. Plate, the Indonesian government is working with local satellite operators to ensure consumers do not experience an interruption of radio and television broadcasts.
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