Palapa N1 (Nusantara Dua)

Launch data: Designation  F01522 / 20F03 Launch date  09 Apr 2020 - 11:46 UTC Launch site  Xichang Launch vehicle  CZ-3B/G2 Mission  Communication Decay  09 Apr 2020

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Palapa Satelit Nusantara Sejahtera, a joint venture of Indosat Ooredoo and Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), signed in May 2017 a contract with China Great Wall Industry Corp. to build the high throughput Palapa N1 or Nusantara 2 satellite to replace the Palapa-D satellite at the 113° East position.

Mission details:

• China suffered another launch failure on Apr 9, 2020 when a Chang Zheng 3B failed late in the first burn of the third stage and reentered over the Pacific near Guam and Saipan. The payload was Nusantara Dua (also called Palapa N1), a Chinese DFH-4E communications satellite for the Indonesian company PSNS (a consortium of Pasifik Satelit Nusantara and Indosat).
  The 5550 kg satellite was destroyed as a result of the failure.