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First Indonesian-Developed Satellite To Be Launched In October
Jakarta (XNA) Sep 15, 2006 The Indonesian National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) is expected to launch the first Indonesian-developed satellite next October, a milestone that will put the country on the world map of space technology. The micro-satellite Lapan-Tubsat would be launched into orbit in late October to take pictures of regions affected by the disasters that have plagued the country recently, including volcanoes, earthquakes, forest fires and tsunamis, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported Thursday. "The satellite will carry a video camera that will feed us real-time pictures. It will be different from the existing satellite, which gives us a one- or two-week delay," Lapan Chairman Adi Sadewo Salatun was quoted as saying by the daily. Adi said the satellite, which was assembled in Germany, weighs just 57 kilograms and cost 10 billion rupiah (about 1 million U.S. dollars). It is far lighter than the recently launched Telkom-2 satellite, which weighs around 2 tons. The satellite is currently at an Indian space base, waiting to be sent into orbit on India's Carthosat-2. The Lapan-Tubsat is the first in a line of satellites developed by the agency for scientific purposes. As its next step, Lapan plans to develop a satellite for remote sensing to assist government efforts to improve the agricultural sector. Lapan expects the new generation of satellites to be completed in 2010. The country first joined the space race in 1976 by sending the communications satellite Palapa A-1 into orbit from an American base. Indonesian has since sent nine communications satellites into space, but all were designed and manufactured by overseas vendors. Source: Xinhua News Agency Related Links Microsat and Nanosats at SpaceMart.com
ESA Starts YES3 Planning
Paris (UPI) Aug 31, 2006The European Space Agency is asking students around the world to offer ideas for a space mission to be launched in 2010. The project is called YES3, the third project in ESA's Young Engineer's Satellite Program designed to give students the chance to plan and build space hardware. |
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