Operator
Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)Manufacturer
Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN)Telkom 1
8/12/1999
Ground-based telescopes observed Telkom-1 shedding debris the day after PT Telkom lost contact with the satellite.
The 18-year-old Indonesian satellite Telkom-1 fragmented in 2017, creating debris in geostationary orbit.
Telkom Indonesia’s upcoming satellite Merah Putih (formerly Telkom-4) was built by SSL and is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in summer 2018 to replace Telkom-1.