Satelindo's satellite maker to be announced later this year<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): PT Satelindo will announce at least by the end
\nof this year the winner of the limited tender for the
\nconstruction and financing of the company's new
\ntelecommunications satellite.<\/p>\n
Satelindo's president, Iwa Sewaka, said here yesterday that
\nSpace System\/Loral, Hughes Space and Communications, Lockheed
\nMartin and Aerospatiale had participated in the tender.<\/p>\n
He said there were four participants, not five as he said
\nearlier.<\/p>\n
The satellite, which would be used to provide
\ntelecommunications and broadcasting services, was scheduled for
\noperation within two years, he added.<\/p>\n
\"The new satellite project may cost up to US$250 million or
\nmore if the financing for the launching service is included,\" Iwa
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"We will also select later this year a launching vehicle for
\nthe satellite,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said Satelindo would order the rocket for the satellite
\nfrom one of the world's leading launch vehicle manufacturers,
\nsuch as Arianespace, a European consortium based in France,
\nLockheed Martin or McDonnell Douglas of the United States.<\/p>\n
Arianespace is the manufacturer of the Ariane rocket family,
\nwhich has started producing its advanced generation rocket, the
\nAriane 5. Lockheed Martin is well-known for its Atlas rocket,
\nwhich is now using a more advanced Atlas IIAR. McDonnell Douglas
\nis the builder of the Delta rocket.<\/p>\n
Other rocket manufacturers include the China Great Wall
\nIndustries Corp., which has entered the international rocket
\nmarket with its Long March rocket series. The Russian Krunichev
\n(teamed with Lockheed) has produced the Proton rocket. On a
\nsmaller scale, there is the NPO Yuzhnoye of the Ukraine with its
\nZenit rocket and Brazil with its VLS rocket.<\/p>\n
Satelindo, which started operations four years ago, runs three
\nservices: international telecommunications, cellular
\ncommunications and satellite transponder leasing. The company
\nowns and operates two Palapa C satellites which are currently in
\norbit.<\/p>\n
DTH<\/p>\n
Iwa said that Satelindo would operate a new satellite,
\nprobably with new name instead of Palapa, which would provide
\ntelecommunications and broadcasting services, including
\ndirect-to-home (DTH) television.<\/p>\n
DTH television will allow end users to enjoy satellite
\nbroadcasting services by using small dishes with a diameter of
\nbetween one and two meters.<\/p>\n
The two Palapa C satellites currently operated by Satelindo
\nwere constructed by Hughes of the United States. Hughes was the
\nmanufacturer of two Palapa-A and four Palapa-B satellites
\noperated by Telkom.<\/p>\n
Lockheed Martin is a top defense contractor in the United
\nStates. The company manufactured the Garuda satellite of PT ACeS
\nand Telkom-1 satellite of PT Telkom.<\/p>\n
Loral is another leading aerospace company in the U.S. The
\ncompany is currently making the M2A satellite for PT Multi Media
\nAsia.<\/p>\n
PT Datakom Asia, another private telecommunications company,
\nwill see the launching of its first satellite, dubbed Cakrawarta,
\nin November. The satellite was made by CTA of the U.S. and will
\nbe launched by an Ariane rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. (icn)<\/p>",
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