SpaceX successfully launches Indonesian communications satellite.

SpaceX is set to launch the SATRIA communications satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, on a Falcon 9 rocket to provide internet service to rural Indonesia. The satellite will be operated by Satelit Nusantara Tiga, a subsidiary of the Indonesian satellite company PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, and will provide internet service to rural hospitals, schools, and government buildings, focusing on areas where terrestrial fiber connections are unavailable. The SATRIA project cost nearly $550 million and is the second in a series of PSN satellites to bring improved communications to Indonesia.