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)

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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

Active
Long March 3B/E

Active Since 2007

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


124th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2020

2020


26th

Orbital launch attempt