NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Nusantara Dua

Launch Time
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:46 UTC

The launch was a failure due to an error in the third stage. The launcher and satellite fell into the Ocean near Guam island.

Rocket

Long March 3B/E
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.15 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,986 kN
Payload to LEO: 11,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,550 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 56.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.56 m
Details

Mission Details

Nusantara Dua

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,550.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2020

26th orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

124th mission
3rd mission of 2020
2nd failed mission