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Nusantara Lima during launch | |
| Mission type | Communication |
|---|---|
| Operator | PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara |
| COSPAR ID | 2025-205A |
| SATCATno. | 65588 |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | BSS 702MP |
| Bus | Boeing 702 |
| Manufacturer | Boeing |
| Launch mass | 7,800 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 12 September 2025, 00:56UTC |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral,SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
← SATRIA-1 | |
Nusantara Lima (also known asNusantara-5) is ageostationaryhigh-throughput satellite (HTS) owned and operated byIndonesian satellite operatorPT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. Built byBoeing on the BSS 702MP platform, it providesbroadband Indonesia and someASEAN countries. Launched in 2024, it expands upon the capabilities of theSATRIA-1 satellite.[1][2]
In 2022, PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara ordered the Nusantara Lima satellite from Boeing. It was planned for a launch in 2023.[3] After delays launch preparation began when Boeing delivered the satellite toCape Canaveral.[4][5]
Nusantara Lima launched on 12 September 2025 aboard aSpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5 rocket fromSLC-40 atCape Canaveral Space Force Station. First-stage booster B1078 landed successfully on a droneship. The satellite is the second-heaviest commercialgeostationary satellite afterJupiter 3 (EchoStar-24) and is the heaviest satellite launch by Falcon 9 to GTO.[6][7]