The Hunt for Abandoned Satellite Project

A new contractor is eyeing the 123 degrees east longitude orbit satellite project, chasing the remaining two years of orbit expiration deadline.

Retno Sulistyowati

December 12, 2022

BASUKI Widjaja Kusuma said that he forgot that he still has business with the government in the satellite project. Four months ago, the commissioner of Mahadana Teknosat Indonesia was still talking on the phone with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics’ Director-General of Resources and Equipment of Post and Information Technology, Ismail. “If you did not tell me, I would have completely forgotten it,” he told Tempo on

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