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TELKOM 4 (MERAH PUTIH)
Indonesian / Asia-Pacific Communications · Telkom Indonesia
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Indonesia's Merah Putih satellite, the first to carry the name of the Indonesian flag's colors. Telkom-4 provides C-band and Ku-band capacity for Indonesia and the broader Asia-Pacific region, serving as a flagship demonstration of Indonesia's growing satellite industry. The satellite covers all of Indonesia's 17,000 islands plus reaches maritime routes through Indonesian waters that are among the world's busiest shipping corridors.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,245 mi (35,789–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43587
- Int’l designator
- 2018-064A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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