Here's the order of the release of satellite Lapan-A2

President Joko Widodo reviewing Lapan-A2 satellite will be launched from Sriharikota, India. (doc. Thomas Jamaladin Facebook account)

Lapan-A2 satellite will be launched in Sriharikota, India today, Monday (28/9) at 11.30 pm.

According to the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan), Thomas Jamaladin, Lapan-A2 satellite will orbit at several stages as follows.


- The first solid-fuel rocket off after 1 minute 52 seconds.
- Rocket to two liquid-fueled off after 4 minutes 23 seconds.
- Rocket to three solid-fuel off after 9 minutes and 48 seconds.
- Rocket to four liquid-fueled switched off after reaching an altitude orbit after 21 minutes 56 seconds.
- Astrosat weighs 1.5 tons are released at an altitude of 650.17 km after 22 minutes 33 seconds.
- Lapan-A2 weighs 76 kg is released at an altitude of 650.16 km after 23 minutes 3 seconds.
- Satellites Canadian nano weighs 28 kg is released at an altitude of 650.14 km after 23 minutes 28 seconds.
- Four US nano satellites each weighing 7 kg released at an altitude of about 650 km every 0.5 minutes, the last after 25 minutes 33 seconds.

Lapan-A2 satellite, which was launched by a rocket astrosat brings with 5 nano satellites that will orbit near the equator with an inclination of six degrees at an altitude of 650 kilometers of the Earth's surface. With a near equatorial orbit, Lapan-A2 will pass through the territory of Indonesia 14 times each day with an orbital period of 100 minutes.

With a weight of 76 kilograms and measuring 500 x 470 x 380 millimeters, Lapan-A2 carries the mission of monitoring the Earth's surface, the identification of ships and amateur radio communication.

For monitoring mission territory RI, satellite Lapan-A2 carries analog video camera with a resolution of five meters and a digital camera with a resolution of 3.5 meters.

To carry out the mission of vessel traffic monitoring, marine security operations, fisheries, marine resources exploration and Indonesia, the satellite is equipped with Automatic Identification System (AIS). This technology can detect thousands of vessels with a coverage area of observation and thousands of kilometers.

Meanwhile, the mission of amateur communications on Lapan-A2 aims to communications in disaster and emergency amateur radio activities in support of national interests.


(CNN Indonesia)