VIVAnews - Four years ago, precisely on January 10, 2007, micro-satellite developed by the Institute of National Aviation and Space (LAPAN) in cooperation with Technical University of Berlin launched into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
Indonesia's first satellite called Lapan-Tubsat. He shaped boxes weighing 57 kilograms and dimensions of 45 x 45 x 27 centimeters.
Although small, the task of these satellites can not be underestimated. Lapan-Tubsat is used to directly monitor the situation on Earth, such as forest fires, volcanoes, floods, store and forward messages in the territory of Indonesia, as well as for mobile communications mission
"This is an extraordinary thing for a micro satellite because many of these satellites is only two years old," said Deputy Head of Aerospace Technology Lapan, Soewarto Hardhienata
One of the achievements Lapan-Tubsat is to take pictures of the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010.
At that time, satellite remote-sensing satellites owned by developed countries, not to take pictures of the mountain because of all the airspace in the Merapi eruption cloud effect.
Want to know what works Lapan-Tubsat? See photos below:
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