<p>Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to link up remote corners of the archipelago to the internet.</p>.<p>Roughly two-thirds of Indonesia's 280 million population already use the internet, but connectivity is limited in far-flung, underdeveloped eastern islands of the Southeast Asian country.</p>.<p>"Satellite technology will accelerate internet access to villages in areas that cannot be reached by fibre optics in the next 10 years," Mahfud MD, senior Indonesian minister, said in a statement ahead of the launch.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/economy-business/indias-internet-economy-to-grow-6-fold-to-1-trillion-by-2030-report-1225315.html" target="_blank">India's internet economy to grow 6-fold to $1 trillion by 2030: Report</a></strong></p>.<p>The 4.5-tonne Satellite of the Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA-1) was built by Thales Alenia Space and deployed into orbit from Florida by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which then returned to an offshore site in a precision landing.</p>.<p>The satellite will occupy the orbital slot above Indonesia's eastern Papua region. It has a throughput capacity of 150 gigabytes per second and will provide internet access to 50,000 public service points, the Indonesian government said.</p>.<p>The project is a public-private partnership between the government and Indonesian satellite service provider PT Satelit Nusantara Tiga.</p>
<p>Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to link up remote corners of the archipelago to the internet.</p>.<p>Roughly two-thirds of Indonesia's 280 million population already use the internet, but connectivity is limited in far-flung, underdeveloped eastern islands of the Southeast Asian country.</p>.<p>"Satellite technology will accelerate internet access to villages in areas that cannot be reached by fibre optics in the next 10 years," Mahfud MD, senior Indonesian minister, said in a statement ahead of the launch.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/economy-business/indias-internet-economy-to-grow-6-fold-to-1-trillion-by-2030-report-1225315.html" target="_blank">India's internet economy to grow 6-fold to $1 trillion by 2030: Report</a></strong></p>.<p>The 4.5-tonne Satellite of the Republic of Indonesia (SATRIA-1) was built by Thales Alenia Space and deployed into orbit from Florida by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which then returned to an offshore site in a precision landing.</p>.<p>The satellite will occupy the orbital slot above Indonesia's eastern Papua region. It has a throughput capacity of 150 gigabytes per second and will provide internet access to 50,000 public service points, the Indonesian government said.</p>.<p>The project is a public-private partnership between the government and Indonesian satellite service provider PT Satelit Nusantara Tiga.</p>