{"id":9754,"date":"2025-09-08T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/poor-weather-halts-spacex-launch-attempt-of-indonesian-communications-satellite-for-second-day-in-a-row\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:46:22","slug":"poor-weather-halts-spacex-launch-attempt-of-indonesian-communications-satellite-for-second-day-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/poor-weather-halts-spacex-launch-attempt-of-indonesian-communications-satellite-for-second-day-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor weather halts SpaceX launch attempt of Indonesian communications satellite for second day in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70809\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70809\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_SNL-On-Orbit-Renderhires.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_SNL-On-Orbit-Renderhires.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_SNL-On-Orbit-Renderhires-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_SNL-On-Orbit-Renderhires-768x547.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist\u2019s rendering of the Nusantara Lima satellite in gestationary Earth orbit. Graphic: Boeing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Update Sept. 9, 9:45 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the mission due to weather, targeting Wednesday, Sept. 10.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update Sept. 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt, targeting Tuesday, Sept. 9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>An Indonesian company is looking to improve its space-based communications service with a state-of-the-art Boeing-built satellite bound for geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft comes from Satelit Nusantara Lima (SNL), a subsidiary of Indonesia\u2019s first private satellite company, Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN). The satellite itself is called Nusantara Lima or N5 for short.<\/p>\n<p>The name is derived from the Old Javanese language words n\u016bsa, \u201cisland\u201d, and antara \u201couter.\u201d Lima, meanwhile, means \u201cfive\u201d in Indonesian.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX scrubbed a launch attempt for a second night in a row due to poor weather at the launch pad. It is now targeting the liftoff of the N5 satellite from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7ZHE2hE_z9w?si=s9vyKCHeLzuKahNx\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the 45th Weather Squadron forecast just a 15 percent chance for favorable weather at the opening of the launch window, which slightly improves to 30 percent as the window progresses. This is the case for launch attempts on both Tuesday and Wednesday, however, SpaceX hasn\u2019t stated if they have access from the Eastern Range to launch on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologists said this week to expect a \u201chigh likelihood of showers and storms,\u201d which includes \u201cthe overnight and morning hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeep atmospheric moisture will remain in place across Florida through early to mid-week,\u201d launch weather officers wrote. \u201cThis, combined with a stalled front across northern FL and periods of instability aloft, will continue elevated chances of showers and storms for the primary and backup launch opportunities. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible near stronger storms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX will launch the N5 satellite using its Falcon 9 rocket with a veteran first stage booster: B1078. This will be the booster\u2019s 23rd flight, following a variety of missions, including NASA\u2019s Crew-6, USSF-124 and ASTSpaceMobile\u2019s BlueBird 1-5 satellites.<\/p>\n<p>After boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere, B1078 will head for a landing on the drone ship, \u2018A Shortfall of Gravitas,\u2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. A successful landing would represent the 124th recovery for that vessel and 502nd booster landing to date for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<h4>Improving connectivity<\/h4>\n<p>The N5 satellite was built on Boeing Space Systems\u2019 702MP VHTS (Very High Throughput Satellite) bus and is designed to offer a capacity of 160 Gbps with its 101 Ka-band spot beam. It\u2019s built to have a greater than 15-year operating life.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft is expected to deploy from the Falcon 9\u2019s upper stage more than 27 minutes after liftoff. A Boeing spokesperson said signal acquisition is expected about 15-30 minutes after separation.<\/p>\n<p>N5 should reach its operating orbit at 113 degrees East over the Equator sometime around mid-January with service expected to begin in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoeing\u2019s satellite business has a rich history of serving Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region, dating back to the Palapa A1 satellite in 1976,\u201d said Ryan Reid, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International in a statement. \u201cWith Nusantara Lima, we\u2019re proud to continue that legacy, delivering a reliable, high-throughput solution tailored to Indonesia\u2019s unique geography and connectivity needs. PSN has been an outstanding partner throughout this program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The N5 satellite was announced in 2022 as a relay station designed to augment the capability of the Satria-1, which launched in June 2023. N5 was also originally supposed to launch in 2023, but it was delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Spaceflight Now reached out to PSN regarding the delay, but didn\u2019t hear back before publication.<\/p>\n<p>The satellite is built on the same Boeing-built bus used on Intelsat\u2019s IS-33e spacecraft, which suffered an anomaly on Oct. 19, 2024, resulting in the \u201ctotal loss\u201d of the spacecraft, which fragmented into dozens of pieces. The satellite was launched in August 2016 and entered service in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The root cause of the anomaly was not announced publicly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70810\" style=\"width: 876px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70810\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_Nusantara_Lima_satellite.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_Nusantara_Lima_satellite.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_Nusantara_Lima_satellite-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_Nusantara_Lima_satellite-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250908_Nusantara_Lima_satellite-768x1152.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PSN\u2019s Nusantara Lima spacecraft is processed inside a clean room before it was encapsulated in payload fairings for SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Boeing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s rendering of the Nusantara Lima satellite in gestationary Earth orbit. Graphic: Boeing Update Sept. 9, 9:45 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the mission due to weather, targeting Wednesday, Sept. 10. Update Sept. 8, 9:30 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt, targeting Tuesday, Sept. 9. 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