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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
