Update September 8, 9:30 PM EDT: Spacex scrubbed the launch attempt on Tuesday, on Tuesday, September 9.
An Indonesian company is trying to improve its space-based communication service with a state-of-the-art boing-made satellite with a bound-made satellite bound bound for geostationary class.
The spacecraft, the first private satellite company in Indonesia, arrives from Nusantara Lima (SNL), a subsidiary of Pastik Satelit Nusantra (PSN). The satellite itself is called for Nusantara Lima or N5 short.
The name is derived from the Old Javanis language words Nusa, “Island”, and Antara “exterior”. Meanwhile, Lima means “five” in Indonesian.
SpaceX attempted a launch on Monday night due to bad weather in the launch pad. It is now targeting the lift of N5 satellite from Pad 40 Satellite at the Cape Canveral Space Force Station at 8:01 PM EDT (0001 UTC). This is the 116 -minute window opening.
The spaceflight will now have live coverage of the mission starting about an hour before the liftoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhe2he_z9w
On Sunday, the 45th weather squadron estimated a 30 percent probability for a favorable season at the opening of the launch window, which improves up to 45 percent as the window grows. This is a case for both Monday and Tuesday’s launch efforts.
Meteorologists asked to expect “high probability of rain and storms”, including “overnight and morning hours”.
Weather officials wrote, “Deep atmospheric humidity will enter Florida early next week.” “On the surface, a weak range will oscillate in the middle Florida before being replaced by a strong upcoming front by the middle of the next week. The trough spreading in the south side in the Great Lex states is also contributing to the pattern of a dirty season.”
Spacex will launch the N5 satellite with an experienced first phase booster: B1078 using its Falcon 9 rocket. This will be the 23rd flight of the booster, which will be followed by a variety of missions, including NASA’s crew -6, USSF -124 and ASTSPACEMBIL’s blued 1-5 satellites.
After taking out the rocket in the Atlantic Ocean, the B1078 will head to land on the drone ship, ‘Gravitas deficiency’ in the Atlantic Ocean. A successful landing will represent 124th recovery for that vessel and 502th booster landing for SpaceX.
Improving connectivity
The N5 satellite was built in the Boeing Space Systems’ 702MP VHTS (very high throwput satellite) bus and is designed to provide a capacity of 160 GBPS with 101 ka-band spot beams. It is designed for operational life of over 15 years.
The spacecraft is expected to deploy from the upper stage of Falcon 9 27 minutes after the liftoff. A Boeing spokesperson said signal acquisition is expected about 15–30 minutes after isolation.
The N5 should reach its operating class 113 degrees east above the equator for some time around mid -January, with the expectation of starting in early 2026.
Ryan Reid, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, said in a statement, “Boeing’s satellite business has a rich history of serving Indonesia and Asia Pacific, dating Palapa A1 satellite in 1976.” “With Nusantara Lima, we are proud to continue that heritage, which provides a reliable, high-thruput solution to suit Indonesia’s unique geography and connectivity needs. PSN has been an excellent partner in the program.”
The N5 satellite was declared as a relay station in 2022, designed to increase the capacity of Sataria -1, which was launched in June 2023. The N5 was originally launched in 2023, but it was delayed.
Spaceflight now reached PSN about the delay, but did not listen back before the publication.
The satellite is built in the same Boeing-made bus used on the IS-33e spacecraft of the Intelsat, which faced an discrepancy on October 19, 2024, resulting in a “total loss” of the spacecraft, which dismissed in dozens of pieces. The satellite was launched in August 2016 and entered the service in January 2017.
The root cause of discrepancy was not publicly declared.
