LAPAN A2
LAPAN A2 [LAPAN]
LAPAN A2 is an indonesian microsatellite based on the LAPAN-Tubsat. It carries an AIS (Automatic Identification System) to identify the ships in the waters of Indonesia and a video camera with a range three times wider than the Lapan-Tubsat.
The satellite structure and many subsystems are the same as in it's sister satellite LAPAN-ORARI (LAPAN A3).
The Earth observation payload of LAPAN A2 consists of a Video camera (Kappa PAL) for 80 km width ground coverage and a Video camera (Kappa HDTV for high resolution satellite color video observation with a ground resolution of 6 m and a ground coverage of 11 × 6 km per video frame.
| Nation: | Indonesia |
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| Type / Application: | Earth Observing |
| Operator: | LAPAN |
| Contractors: | LAPAN |
| Equipment: | Camera, AIS Payload |
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| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| LAPAN A2 | 2012 | Sr | PSLV-CA | with ?, LAPAN-ORARI |
Further LAPAN missions:
