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GEO Satellite

Telkom-3 GEO

Failure


Launch date

6 August 2012

Country

Indonesia

Purpose

Communication

Intended position

118° East (planned)

Manufacturer

ISS Reshetnev

Operator

Telkomsat

Launch operator

ILS

Launch vehicle

Proton M

Expected lifetime

15

Telkom-3

Telkom-3 was an Indonesian communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev on the Express-1000H platform for PT Telkom Indonesia. It was intended to provide C-band and Ku-band telecommunications services, including broadcasting, broadband connectivity, and regional communications across Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

The satellite was launched in August 2012 aboard a ILS Proton-M / Briz-M rocket. However, due to an upper-stage anomaly, Telkom-3 failed to reach its planned geostationary orbit and was ultimately declared a launch failure, never entering operational service.

GEO Satellite

Telkom-3

Failure


Telkom satellite in orbit

GEO Satellite

Telkom-3

Failure


GEO Satellite

Telkom-3

Failure