TAMPA, Fla. — Indonesia’s Satria-1 broadband satellite deployed its solar panels after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 to geosynchronous transfer orbit over the weekend, manufacturer Thales ...

SATRIA-1 was successfully launched in June and reached orbit at longitude 146 degrees east in November. Popular. Eruptions at Mt. Lewotobi Laki-laki cause air travel disruption.

A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the SATRIA-1 telecommunications satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, soaring into the early evening sky at 6:21 p.m. EDT (2221 GMT ...