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LAPAN A2 [LAPAN]
LAPAN A2, also known as LAPAN-ORARI, 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. It also carries a payload for disaster management by amateur radio communication.
The satellite structure and many subsystems are the same as in its sister satellite 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.
LAPAN-A2 carries a payload of voice repeaters and an APRS Repeater for communications of the Organisation for Amateur Radio Indonesia (ORARI) during a disaster. After launch, it received the designation IO 86 or Indonesia-OSCAR 86.
| Nation: | Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation, amateur communications, traffic monitoring |
| Operator: | LAPAN |
| Contractors: | LAPAN |
| Equipment: | Camera, AIS-receiver |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 68 kg |
| Orbit: | 638 km × 658 km, 6° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAPAN A2 (LAPAN-ORARI, IO 86, Indonesia-OSCAR 86) | 2015-052B | 28.09.2015 | Sr FLP | PSLV-XL | with AstroSat, exactView 9, Lemur-2 1, Lemur-2 2, Lemur-2 3, Lemur-2 4 |
Launch Sites:
- Sr = Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India
