Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – One of the programs to complete the provision of telecommunications infrastructure in the 3T (lagging, frontier and outermost) areas in Indonesia, the Ministry of Communications and Informatics runs the Satria 1 satellite project.
The Ministry of Communication and Information will run the Satria 1 satellite to provide internet access at 150 thousand public service points. The provision of Satria 1 needs to be supported by a Hot Backup Satellite (HBS) backup satellite. in the event of an anomaly during the launch period or a disturbance during the operational life of the next 15 years.
Besides being used to support Satria 1, HBS is also an additional 80Gbps internet capacity. The cost of building this satellite is Rp 5.2 trillion.
“Capex or the cost of providing HBS is 5.2 trillion,” said Director of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) Anang Latif, during a virtual press conference, Friday (11/3/2022).
Anang also explained that the satellite procurement process had been carried out from October 19, 2021 to February 24, 2022. The results of the tender for the HBS satellite project were won by the Nusantara Jaya Partnership.
The HBS will use Boeing manufacturer technology and will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon9 rocket launcher. Construction of the HBS satellite will begin in the 1st quarter of 2022 and is scheduled to launch in the 1st quarter of 2023.
“Operations for this backup satellite are expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2023,” said Anang.
This satellite will be placed in an orbital slot of 113 degrees East Longitude and has seven stations on Earth located in various cities in Indonesia.
The cities where the Earth station is intended will be in Banda Aceh, Bengkulu, Cikarang, West Java, Gresik, East Java, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
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