Cakrawarta 1

Indonesia

Spacecraft n°:

Indonesia satellite n°: 9
On September 1997, the Indonesian President renamed the satellite.
It was previously called Indostar 1

Launch data:

Designation 25050 / 97071B
Launch date 12 Nov 1997
Launch site Ko, ELA-2
Launch vehicleAriane-44L (V102)
MissionCommercial: Communication
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee 35767 x 35806km
Eccentricity 4.63E-04
Inclination 3.32 deg
Period 1436.12 min

Up to 4 small satellites have been ordered: Indostar 2 at 115°E and Indostar 3 at 106°E (or all four satellite colocated at 107.5 and 119°E) The full project (satellite, launch, ground station, etc) is worth $175 million

Originally designed for TV and DAB, the satellite was modified to provide only TV capacity in S-band (this band was selected to face high attenuation caused by the rain).

A power regulator failed resulting in only 80% of eclipse power available.

Specifications

Prime contractor CTA Inc (now Orbital Sciences Corp. - OSC)
PlatformOrbital STAR 1
OperatorPT Citra Sari Makmur (CSM)
Mass at launch 1385 kg
Mass in orbit 802 kg
Dry mass 643 kg
Dimension  
Solar array  
Stabilization spin stabilized
DC power 3200 W
Operated1997- still active

Location:

DatePositionRemarks
  107.7°E 
 Oct 2009  107.57° E 


S-band (2520-2670 GHz)

Main transponders 5 
Backup transponders  
Power 70 W
Bandwidth 27 MHz
Coverage Indonesia + northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, southern Philippines, Singapore
EIRP max 47 dBW
Polarization  
Frequencies 2.520-2.670 GHz

TV broadcasting in S-band; malfunction of 80% of capacity.
Uplink is in X-band (this is the first commercial use of X-band)
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