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When a Chinese rocket
malfunctioned shortly after launch in April 2020, destroying
Indonesia s $220 million Nusantara-2 satellite, it was a blow to
the archipelago s efforts to strengthen its.
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Elon Musk - the owner of SpaceX, the world s most successful rocket launcher – seized on the failure to prevail over state-owned China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC) as Jakarta s company of choice for putting satellites into space.
Spacex: The successes came after Indonesia resisted U.S. pressure to abandon its deals with Chinese tech giant Huawei, citing its dependence on Beijing s technology. Details of this shift, which were described to Reuters by a dozen people, including Indonesian and U.S. officials, industry players and analysts, have not previously been reported. Some of them spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren t authorised to talk to media.