NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Nusantara Lima

Launch Time
Fri Sep 12, 2025 01:56 UTC

Nusantara Lima is the heaviest geostationary satellite ever launched by Falcon 9, at just under 8 metric tons.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

A Shortfall of Gravitas

B1078

Flight #23
48 day turnaround
520th Falcon recovery attempt
505th successful Falcon recovery
88th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
162nd consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

Nusantara Lima

AKA Nusantara 5, SNL

Nusantara Lima is an Indonesian high-throughput telecommunications satellite to operate in Geostationary orbit as a replacement for Nusantara-2, which failed to reach orbit on a CZ-3B in 2020. It will deliver high-capacity connectivity for PSN users across Indonesia’s over 17,000 islands and neighboring nations. The SNL communications payload, which flies aboard Boeing’s proven 702MP platform, can provide more than 160 Gbps of capacity, supporting broadband internet access and essential communications services throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asian markets.

SNL features advanced payload processing, allowing PSN to dynamically direct its powerful internet and communications capacity to where it’s needed most, whether that’s a busy city, a remote village, or in rapid response to an area affected by a natural disaster. For Indonesians, this means faster and more reliable connectivity, even as demand shifts across the country’s thousands of islands.

Manufacturer: Boeing
Operator: Pasifik Satelit Nusantara
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,800.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2025

210th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

558th mission
118th mission of 2025
546th successful mission
52nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

532nd mission
114th mission of 2025
528th successful mission
177th consecutive successful mission