Day: June 16, 2023

It is planned that this satellite can serve 2,000-3,000 points, with a capacity of 10 Gbps (Gigabyte per seconds), during its first year of service.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Satellite-1 (SATRIA-1) project will serve up to three thousand internet access points at disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas in 2024, the Communication and Informatics Ministry’s Telecommunication and Informatics Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) stated.”It is planned that this satellite can serve two thousand to three thousand points, with a capacity of 10 Gbps (Gigabyte per seconds) during its first year of service,” spokesperson of BAKTI Sri Sanggrama Aradea remarked in Orlando, the United States, on Thursday local time (UTC-4).

radea noted that his side expects that the satellite will be able to start serving those internet access points in early 2024.

The internet capacity will continue to be increased in line with the completion of construction of parabolic antenna used to receive internet signals at all selected 3T areas.

radea, who concurrently serves as head for the Satellite Division at BAKTI, stated that this year, his side will recalibrate and re-adjust the capacity of the satellite, so that SATRIA-1 can be utilized optimally to evenly distribute internet services in the 3T regions.

The satellite, with a total capacity of 150 Gbps, is estimated to provide internet services for 50 thousand internet points, with internet speed of 4 megabytes per second (Mbps) at each point.

The number changed as compared to the results of the research held in 2018 which stated that SATRIA-1 can serve 150 thousand internet points at public facilities, with an internet speed of 1 Mbps each.

Hence, BAKTI will prepare other SATRIA projects in future to immediately meet the community’s demand for internet services in the 3T regions.

SATRIA-1 will be launched using American-based private spacecraft manufacturer and launcher company Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket on June 18, 2023, at Cape Canaveral, the United States, at 6 p.m. local time (UTC-4).

The satellite is projected to be positioned in orbit at 146 degrees East. It will provide equal internet access for public facilities in 3T regions, such as schools, hospitals, community health centers, village offices, sub-district offices, as well as security services.

Source: Antara News Agency

(It is) because when the fire is already big, it will be difficult to put out even if the BNPB helps by conducting weather modification.

Palangka Raya, C Kalimantan (ANTARA) – Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Suharyanto handed over 1,620 units of forest and land fire emergency handling equipment to Deputy Governor of Central Kalimantan Edy Pratowo.”We must coordinate with each other to prevent and tackle forest and land fires in Central Kalimantan,” the BNPB head stated while symbolically handing over the assistance during a forest and land fire handling personnel gathering ceremony here on Friday.

The equipment comprised 27 peat injectors, 27 flexible tanks, 81 portable pumps, 135 nozzles, as well as 1,350 hose units.

Earlier, the agency had also sent a helicopter to the province to conduct aerial patrols as well as extinguish forest and land fires through water bombing.

Suharyanto urged all stakeholders to prioritize preventive measures before the fires spread in the region.

“(It is) because when the fire is already big, it will be difficult to put out even if the BNPB helps by conducting weather modification. Thus, all parties must coordinate to immediately extinguish it,” he remarked.

Furthermore, he urged all personnel to check the condition and availability of their equipment, so it could be used immediately without any problems.

The BNPB head stated that the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecasts that Indonesia has the potential to experience a longer dry season in 2023 as compared to the previous years.

“Hence, all parties must increase their vigilance and preparedness to tackle the threat of forest and land fires in 2023,” he remarked.

fter attending the gathering ceremony, Suharyanto, Pratowo, as well as other officials reviewed the readiness of existing supporting infrastructure that had been prepared to tackle the disaster.

Earlier, the BNPB head had also handed over forest and land fire fighting equipment to the Riau Provincial Government on June 7, 2023.

The equipment included 11 main pumps, 22 hose pumps, 44 portable pumps, 231 hose units, 88 nozzles, 88 Y-connectors, 220 packages of personal protective equipment, as well as 11 water tanks, with a capacity of five thousand liters each.

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Source: Antara News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Constitutional Court (MK) Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra has said that MK justices have agreed to take action against former deputy minister of law and human rights, Denny Indrayana, who “leaked” the court’s election system ruling.”The justices have decided a collective action, and we, the Constitutional Court, to put a lesson for all of us, will report Denny Indrayana to the bar association where he belongs,” Isra informed at a press conference here on Thursday.

On May 28, 2023, Indrayana, through his Twitter account, claimed that the Constitutional Court would rule in favor of a judicial review of the open-list proportional representation system filed last November, which would result in a return to the closed-list system.

In his tweet, the former deputy minister saidhe received the information from “a person with trusted credibility” but clarified that the person was not among the nine MK judges.

However, the court, earlier on Thursday, rejected the judicial review in its entirety, retaining the system for the upcoming legislative election and disproving Indrayana’s claim.

Isra said that he wanted the bar association to judge whether Indrayana’s action constitutes an ethics violation or not.

The court is also exploring ways to notify the former deputy minister regarding the action against him, considering that Indrayana is now in Australia, he added.

“We are still considering how to notify (Indrayana) about this, but we will allow the bar association to determine their stance,” he said.

Meanwhile, Isra affirmed that the Constitutional Court will not file a report against Indrayana with the police.

“The Constitutional Court decided not to go that far,” the top court justice said.

The court has acknowledged that a police report has been filed against Indrayana, he said, adding that his side is ready to assist the police whenever needed, including in providing testimony.

“Whenever we are needed, we will be cooperative,” Isra stressed.

He also urged the police to investigate the case objectively and impartially.

Source: Antara News Agency