Satellite communication, especially VSAT, is still become the main option in establishing long distance communication. VSAT utilizes satellite transponder as the media in transmitting and receiving information. It is necessary to have a transponder management system to efficient the use of bandwidth capacity which is very limited. Bad transponder management could be minimized by the advent of Satpath System. Satpath is a DAMA-based telecommunication service. This research aim is to analyze the bandwidth efficiency of Satellite Palapa D Transponder 5 Vertical on every poll of Satpath System. In this work, these items are calculated: Remote Total Efficiency, Remote Inbound Channel Total Efficiency, and Empty Bandwidth Efficiency by using Threshold method.

Keywords : Bandwidth, DAMA, Efficiency, Satpath, VSAT.