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Nusantara Dua
Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:46:00
Thursday April 9, 2020
Mission Details
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Launch Notes
The launch was a failure due to an error in the third stage. The launcher and satellite fell into the Ocean near Guam island.
Nusantara Dua
(Nusantara 2, Palapa N1)
Palapa Satelit Nusantara Sejahtera, a joint venture of Indosat Ooredoo and Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), signed in May 2017 a contract with China Great Wall Industry Corp. to build the high throughput Palapa N1 or Nusantara Dua satellite to replace the Palapa-D satellite at the 113° East position. Palapa N1 will be built on CAST's DFH-4 platform. It will carry a high-throughput Ku-band payload with 10 Gbps of capacity.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
5,550 kilograms
Rocket
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.15 million
Rocket
Height: 56.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 11,500 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.56m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
Launch Site
Stats
Long March 3
124th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2020
2020
26th
Orbital launch attempt