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JAKARTA, May 17(APD) – An Indonesian firm inked on Wednesday a purchase contract on a telecommunication solution package, including a satellite, with a Chinese firm, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), making the first China-made satellite to serve in Indonesian telecommunication system.
Besides providing the satellite, which would be named Palapa N1, CGWIC is responsible to provide the whole package of telecommunication solution that includes rocket launching service, ground system, insurance and financing support.
The Palapa N1 satellite is designed to replace Indonesia’s Palapa D operated by telecommunication firm operating in Indonesia, Indosat Ooredoo, set to be launched to its orbit in first half of 2020.
It would be launched to its orbit slot at 113°E in the geostationary arc by China’s Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The Palapa N1’s satellite system would be loaded with the latest telecommunication technology of High Throughput Satellite for broadcast and broadband services, is designed to have service lifetime of more than 16 years. The satellite would also be equipped with a total of 42 transponders.
Signing of the contract was done between CGWIC and Palapa Satelit Nusa Sejahtera (PSNS), the Indosat Ooredoo’s joint venture firm with Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN).
The contract signing was conducted in 2017 Asia Pacific Communication Systems International Conference (APSAT) held here, witnessed by Indonesian Informatics and Communications Minister Rudiantara, Chinese Embassy Charge d’Affaires Sun Weide and Vice President of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), the parent firm of CGWIC, Yang Baohua. .
Speaking on the sideline of the signing ceremony, Indosat Ooredoo CEO Alexander Rusli said the new satellite would greatly help broadband penetration among the society in Indonesia.
“It would also help accelerating the creation of digital society in Indonesia, support the government’s aim to make Indonesia the largest digital state in Southeast Asia,” he added.
CGWIC President Yin Liming said the satellite would significantly improve the broadcast and broadband in Indonesia.
“It would also be an embodiment of friendship between Chinese and Indonesian people,” he said in a statement.
The satellite would later on be manufactured by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of CASC.
CGWIC won the contract after undergone a strict auction process that considered technical, manufacturing period and cost efficiency aspects. It brushed competitors from Europe and the United States to get the contract.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
