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Garuda 1



General


Designation 26089 / 00011A
Launch date 12 Feb 2000
Country of origin Indonesia
Mission Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit 123°E
Launch vehicle Proton #272

Launch cost: $70 million.

The operator successfully clained $101.5 million from insurance for the anomaly on the L-band system which reduces the maximum calling capacity (1.4 million a day instead of 2 million planned).

Went inclined in Jun 2005.

End of life


Out of service Jan 2015
Cause moved to Junk orbit


External resources


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Technical data



Specifications


Prime contractor Lockheed Martin
Platform A2100AXX
Mass at launch 4400 kg
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Solar array  
Stabilization 3-axis
DC power BOL: 14000 W
EOL: 9000 W
Design lifetime 12 years


L-band


Main transponders 88
Backup transponders 22
Power SSPAs
Bandwidth  
Coverage 22 countries: from Guam to Papua New Guinea in the east to Pakistan in the west, and from Japan in the north to Indonesia in the south
12 beams
EIRP max 73 dBW
G/T max 15.3 dB/K
Polarization  

2 antennas each 12 m diameter (to be built by Harris Aerospace (US))

C-band feeder


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