Indostar ready for launch

Sat, 19 Apr 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SENTUL, West Java (JP): The European aerospace consortium
Arianespace will launch the Indostar-1 satellite, a direct
broadcast television spacecraft owned by PT Media Citra Indostar
on July 15.

Media Citra's top executive Peter Gontha said Thursday that
the satellite would operate on the 117.2 eastern degree.

Media Citra is owned by Matahari Lintas Cakrawala which is 61
percent controlled by PT Datakom Asia. The shareholders of
Datakom include the state-owned PT Indosat, PT Asriland, PT
Azbindo Nusantara, PT Lembah Subur Adipertiwi and PT Persada Giri
Abadi.

Gontha said that in addition to the slot of Indostar-1, Media
Citra had secured three other slots, 107.2, 107.4 and 117.8
eastern degree.

He said the Indostar-1 project was worth US$135 million,
including the launching cost.

The satellite was manufactured by CTA of the National
International Technology Inc. of the United States, he added.
(icn)

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