Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:48:00
Wednesday November 12, 1997
Flight V102.
IndoStar-1, also known as Cakrawarta-1, was a communication satellite that was launched on the evening of November 12, 1997, at 21:48 GMT aboard an Ariane 44L-3 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, as the first direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) in Asia, IndoStar-1 would initiate a new communication service for Indonesian society such as direct-to-home television.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
1,385 kilograms
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,938 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 4,720 kg
Liftoff Thrust
6,000 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
72nd
Mission
9th
Mission of 1997
91st
Mission
9th
Mission of 1997
74th
Orbital launch attempt