Indonesia secures 20 satellite slots<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's satellite business has shown
\nsignificant growth since its establishment in 1976. The country
\nhas thus far secured a total of 20 slots for its satellites in
\nInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU) orbits.<\/p>\n
Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave said
\nthat Indonesia has conducted slot coordination with several
\ncountries, including Russia, which will place their satellites
\nalong with Indonesia. This coordination was established in a
\nmeeting in Moscow last month.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is seeking to secure, at least, 24 slots for its
\nsatellites, including eight of the Palapa-B generation, four of
\nPalapa-C generation, four Palapa Pacific Satellites, four Garuda
\nSatellites and four Indostar Satellites.<\/p>\n
Director General of Post and Telecommunications Djakaria
\nPurawidjaja said last week that Indonesia should arrange the slot
\ncoordination or lose a slot when the launching of a certain
\nsatellite is delayed.<\/p>\n
\"Quarrels over a slot may occur if a country fails to launch
\nits satellite on the right schedule and the country can't give
\nany explanation. Such a problem happened in 1993 when Indonesia
\nand Tonga disputed over the 134 eastern degree slot.\"<\/p>\n
It was PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) which moved Palapa
\nPacific 1, the ex-Palapa-B 1 satellite, into the slot before
\nTonga's ex-Russian satellite. The two countries then agreed to
\ncompromise on radio-operating bands for the slot and a
\npartnership over a second slot.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is now preparing the launching of the Palapa-C
\nseries, the third generation of the country's telecommunications
\nsatellites, after orbiting the Palapa-A 1 and Palapa-A 2 in 1976
\nand 1977 respectively. The lifetime of the Palapa-A satellites
\nwas seven years, with the latest one ending in 1983.<\/p>\n
In 1983, Indonesia started to launch the first of its second
\ngeneration satellites, the Palapa-B 1, from Cape Canaveral in the
\nUnited States to replace the Palapa-A 1 satellite. Palapa-B 2,
\nwhich was launched in 1982 to support Palapa-B 1, failed to reach
\nits orbit. Palapa-B 2P was then launched in 1987 to replace
\nPalapa-B 2. In 1990, Palapa-B 2R was launched to replace Palapa-B
\n1.<\/p>\n
The last of the Palapa-B satellites, the Palapa-B 4, was
\nlaunched in 1992 as a substitute for the Palapa-B 2R.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is currently operating three satellites, Palapa-B
\n2P, Palapa-B 2R and Palapa-B 4.<\/p>\n
Superior<\/p>\n
The Palapa-C satellites, the third generation manufactured by
\nthe Hughes of the United States, are superior to the earlier
\nPalapa-A and Palapa-B series in coverage, power and flexibility.<\/p>\n
Each of Palapa-C satellites has 34 transponders and the
\nPalapa-B only 24. PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo), a join
\nventure between DeTeMobil of Germany, PT Telkom, PT Indosat and
\nBimantara Group will manage satellites of the Palapa-C
\ngeneration.<\/p>\n
Palapa-C 1 is scheduled for launching in early 1996 by Atlas
\nof the United States and Palapa-C 2 by Arianespace of France
\nabout six months later.<\/p>\n
While Palapa-C satellites are in the orbit, the
\noperating Palapa-B satellites will be acquired by PSN. It bought
\nthe expired Palapa-B 1 in 1991 and renamed it Palapa Pacific 1.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Asia Cellular Satellite System (ACeS), a
\ntelecommunications firm equally owned by three telecommunications
\ncompanies from Indonesia (PSN), Thailand (Jasmine) and the
\nPhilippines (PLDT), will also operate four geo-stationary
\nsatellites to be called the Garuda, whose slots have been also
\nfiled at ITU by the Indonesian government.<\/p>\n
Other satellites to be operated by Indonesia include the
\nIndostar satellites of PT Matahari Lintas Cakrawala, which will
\nprovide direct broadcast television services within the Southeast
\nAsian region. Indostar 1 will be launched in late 1996 or early
\n1997 by Arianespace. (icn)<\/p>",
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