PALO ALTO, Calif. – November 19, 2014 — Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that the contract award previously reported on October 29, 2014, was for the Indonesian satellite operator, PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN). The commercial communications satellite, named PSN VI, will provide service throughout South East Asia and includes a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) payload for service in Indonesia.With both C-band and Ku-band transponders, PSN VI will be used for voice and data communications, broadband Internet, and video distribution throughout the Indonesian archipelago. PSN is the first private satellite telecommunications company in Indonesia and a leading Asian provider of a full range of satellite-based telecommunication services.“PSN has a charter to use satellites to provide innovative communications solutions that help improve lives and support economic growth in remote regions,” said John Celli, president of SSL. “We are very glad to have the opportunity to help PSN further this endeavor by providing, not just a satellite, but a package of services to support its business goals, including launch.”When launched in early 2017, PSN VI will be located at 146 degrees East longitude. Based on SSL’s proven 1300 satellite platform, which provides the flexibility for a broad range of applications and technology advances, the satellite is designed to deliver service for 15 years or longer.
One official said the payload in question was a U.S. government satellite that would be carried into space attached to the PSN-6 before being released just above the geostationary arc 36,000 kilometers over the equator.Palto Alto, California-based SSL won the PSN-6 contract in November 2014 in part by making a long-standing Falcon 9 launch option part of its bid. The cost of the launch to SSL was apparently low enough that it could integrate it into its offer and win the PSN business with or without a co-passenger.
Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) will launch a new satellite named PSN VI. The satellite with a cost of USD 230 million will be flown in the fourth quarter of 2018. To launch this satellite, PSN gets funding from Canada's export credit agency, namely Export Development Canada (EDC). "We can finance USD 230 million in total project costs, of which 70% are loans and 30% are capital," PSN CEO Adi Rahman Adiwoso said at the financing signing ceremony at The Residence OnFive Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, Tuesday (05/12/2017) .
The first mission will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 which was procured by SSL, a Maxar Technologies company. It will represent the two companies’ first combined launch and Spaceflight’s first mission beyond Lower Earth Orbit (LEO)....The manifest for this Falcon 9 GTO rideshare mission is completely full. It features several undisclosed payloads along with an unmanned lunar spacecraft from SpaceIL, an Israeli nonprofit organization that was competing in the Google Lunar XPrize to land a spacecraft on the Moon. The first rideshare satellites will separate in GTO and then the SSL host spacecraft will continue on to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) where the remaining rideshare satellites will be separated.
If I'm not mistaken that's the second Indonesian organization to get a lift uphill on a Falcon???
Could the co passenger be the recently announced NROL mission? The timeframe is right...
Quote from: yokem55 on 06/13/2016 04:31 pmCould the co passenger be the recently announced NROL mission? The timeframe is right...Any updates on whether PSN might be flying with NRO launch in April?
The funded satellites are PSN-6, a C- and Ku-band satellite ordered from Space Systems Loral in 2014 that is scheduled to launch next year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Palapa-N1 joint venture satellite, and the ageing Palapa-D. Adiwoso said PSN will seek to prolong the life of Palapa-D by moving it from 113 degrees east into a different orbit at 144 degrees east. Adiwoso said 70 percent of the capacity on PSN-6 is already sold.
Quote from: Lar on 06/13/2016 04:38 pmIf I'm not mistaken that's the second Indonesian organization to get a lift uphill on a Falcon???First one was Malaysian (RazakSAT, last Falcon 1 flight, and the only actual payload--not demo mass--successfully launched on Falcon 1). They're neighboring countries with a very similar language but definitely not the same one.
http://spacenews.com/china-great-wall-industry-corp-lands-indonesian-commercial-satellite-order/QuoteThe funded satellites are PSN-6, a C- and Ku-band satellite ordered from Space Systems Loral in 2014 that is scheduled to launch next year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Palapa-N1 joint venture satellite, and the ageing Palapa-D. Adiwoso said PSN will seek to prolong the life of Palapa-D by moving it from 113 degrees east into a different orbit at 144 degrees east. Adiwoso said 70 percent of the capacity on PSN-6 is already sold.Article suggests it will launch in 2018.
Not sure I see how moving it prolongs the life.. doesn't it use at least some fuel otherwise used for stationkeeping to move 30 degrees. Even if one drifts it slowly... Does it have to do with improving the angle/distance of the antennae or something? I don't see that either.
Jakarta - Pacific Satelit Nusantara (PSN) will launch its new satellite named PSN VI. The $ 230 million satellite will be flown in the fourth quarter of 2018. To launch the satellite, PSN is financed by Canadian export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC). "We can finance USD 230 million of total project cost, of which 70% is loan and 30% is capital," said PSN CEO Adi Rahman Adiwoso at the signing ceremony of the financing at The Residence OnFive Grand Hyatt, Jakarta, Tuesday (05/12/2017)
The company also plans to launch PSN VI satellite in 2019
ndonesia's @PSNengage operator selects @HughesNet Jupiter broadband ground network for PSN-6 HTS satellite. Contract includes gateways, remote terminals, network management system. Internet penetration in Indonesia just 40% in 2017. PSN-6 to launch late this yr w/ @SpaceX.
Tweet from Peter B. de Selding:Quotendonesia's @PSNengage operator selects @HughesNet Jupiter broadband ground network for PSN-6 HTS satellite. Contract includes gateways, remote terminals, network management system. Internet penetration in Indonesia just 40% in 2017. PSN-6 to launch late this yr w/ @SpaceX.
https://twitter.com/TeamSpaceIL/status/1016633238008270850QuoteWe have a launch and landing dates! December 2018- Launch, February 13 2019- First Israeli spacecraft lands on the moon! SpaceIL's moon mission is officially underway https://twitter.com/Cakeofdestiny/status/1016656640244936704QuoteIt will launch on a SpaceX rocket. SpaceX doesn't usually have exact times this far in advance. We'll know when it's much closer.
We have a launch and landing dates! December 2018- Launch, February 13 2019- First Israeli spacecraft lands on the moon! SpaceIL's moon mission is officially underway
It will launch on a SpaceX rocket. SpaceX doesn't usually have exact times this far in advance. We'll know when it's much closer.
Quote from: jpo234 on 07/10/2018 03:37 pmQuote from: gongora on 07/10/2018 03:28 pmThis is odd. If it is launching from the Cape then it's either the GTO rideshare that Spaceflight has been extremely quiet about (I've been assuming they would start talking about it after the endlessly slipping SSO-A finally launches) or some other GTO mission like PSN VI (which was rumored to have a US government rideshare companion).On the XPrize link they say:QuoteLaunch Contract for a 2017 Mission, Using a SpaceX Falcon 9 Launcher via Spaceflight IndustriesI wouldn't count on that still being accurate. It might be, but rideshare payloads move around all the time.
Quote from: gongora on 07/10/2018 03:28 pmThis is odd. If it is launching from the Cape then it's either the GTO rideshare that Spaceflight has been extremely quiet about (I've been assuming they would start talking about it after the endlessly slipping SSO-A finally launches) or some other GTO mission like PSN VI (which was rumored to have a US government rideshare companion).On the XPrize link they say:QuoteLaunch Contract for a 2017 Mission, Using a SpaceX Falcon 9 Launcher via Spaceflight Industries
This is odd. If it is launching from the Cape then it's either the GTO rideshare that Spaceflight has been extremely quiet about (I've been assuming they would start talking about it after the endlessly slipping SSO-A finally launches) or some other GTO mission like PSN VI (which was rumored to have a US government rideshare companion).
Launch Contract for a 2017 Mission, Using a SpaceX Falcon 9 Launcher via Spaceflight Industries
Just wanted to create a place for news/discussion about the SpaceIL lander that is apparently still launching with SpaceX. When we figure out which flight it is actually going on I will merge this into the appropriate mission thread.The discussion started in the manifest thread here:Quote from: Olaf on 07/10/2018 02:57 pmhttps://twitter.com/TeamSpaceIL/status/1016633238008270850QuoteWe have a launch and landing dates! December 2018- Launch, February 13 2019- First Israeli spacecraft lands on the moon! SpaceIL's moon mission is officially underway https://twitter.com/Cakeofdestiny/status/1016656640244936704QuoteIt will launch on a SpaceX rocket. SpaceX doesn't usually have exact times this far in advance. We'll know when it's much closer.
A 2015 blog post from Spacefilght: To the Moon!The blog post contradicts the news statement, that the primary payload is a big communication satellite.
Secondary payload on the following is the only current listed flight actually flying in December per NSF schedule and there are 2 unfilled launch slots at SLC-40:2018:NET December - Arabsat 6A - Falcon Heavy - Kennedy LC-39A (or January 2019)