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space2 years ago•2 min saved

Indonesia's SATRIA-1 satellite launched to improve internet connectivity.

Indonesia's Satria-1 broadband satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, has deployed its solar panels after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit. It will take about five months to reach its 146 degrees East orbital slot via onboard electric propulsion. Once it reaches its geostationary orbital slot late this year, it will provide around 150 gigabits per second of capacity across the thousands of islands in the Indonesian archipelago and surrounding areas by early 2024. The $545 million satellite is operated by PT Satelit Nusantara Tiga under a public-private partnership with the country's government.

via SpaceNews|

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space2 years ago•6 min saved

SpaceX conducts successful test-firing of Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX is preparing for its sixth Falcon Heavy launch, set for April 18, which will send Viasat's new broadband satellite into geostationary orbit. The mission will require disposal of all three of the rocket's reusable boosters. The Falcon Heavy rocket's two side boosters will fire at full power for two-and-a-half minutes, then jettison to fall into the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles east of Cape Canaveral. The core stage will then throttle up to full power and burn for about a minute-and-a-half longer, then separate for its own destructive plunge into the sea.

via Spaceflight Now|

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