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YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Nusantara Dua Satellite, which launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XLSC) in Xichang, China, on Thursday (09/04/2020) night at 19:46 WIB, was unable to orbit. The failure was due to an anomaly when the Long March-3B rocket reached the launch stage of the third rocket.
The satellite is the result of the collaboration between Indosat Ooredoo and the company. joint venture PT Palapa Satellite Nusa Sejahtera is projected to replace the Palapa-D satellite in the 113 East Long Orbit slot, which will cease to orbit by the end of July 2020.
Although Nusantara Dua was unable to orbit Palapa-D, the Ministry of Communication and Information guaranteed transmission services (to transmit) in Indonesia will remain safe.
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Until now the Palapa-D satellite is known to have almost all transmission services in Indonesia. There are 23 television transmission institutions and eight radios that use the satellite.
“Kominfo cooperates with satellite operators (International Telecommunication Union / ITU) to ensure that the television and radio transmission services carried out by the Palapa-D satellite continue to guarantee its transmission,” explained the Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G Plate, at a press conference broadcast by live broadcast, Friday (10/4/2020).
The Ministry of Communication and Information will also explain the failure of the launch of the Nusantara Dua satellite in the ITU forum, so that Indonesia can continue to use satellites in the 113 East Long Orbit slot.
Nusantara Dua SatelliteThe Ministry of Communication and Information has also discussed this issue with Indosat Ooredoo and PT PSN, so that there is no interruption in services for broadcasting organizations.
Bayu Hanantasena, as Commercial Director of Indosat Ooredoo, said that although the Palapa-D operational period would end and the Nusantara Dua satellite was unable to orbit to replace it, it had prepared an alternative plan.
“We have implemented a sustainable business plan, one of which is to find a replacement satellite,” Bayu said on the same occasion.
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