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BRIsat 1 [SSL]
The Indonesian BRIsat (Bank Rakyat Indonesia Satellite) is a communications satellite for banking purposes to be built by Space Systems/Loral for Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI).
The bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Space System/Loral, LLC (SSL) from US and ArianeSpace from France in April 2014. BRIsat was built on SSL's SSL-1300 bus carrying 45 transponders, which cover areas in Indonesia, ASEAN, North east of Asia, some Pacific area and West Australia. From its orbital position at 150.5° East, it delivers highly reliable communications services to BRI's 11,000 bank branches across the Indonesian archipelago.
The satellite was launched in June 2016 by a Ariane-5ECA rocket from Kourou.
| Nation: | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) |
| Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
| Equipment: | 9 Ku-band transponders, 36 C-band transponders |
| Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | +15 years |
| Mass: | 3540 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIsat | 2016-039B | 18.06.2016 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with EchoStar 18 |
Launch Sites:
- Ko = Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana, France
