SATELLITE LAUNCH LAPAN-A2

President Joko Widodo (right three) accompanied by Minister of Research Technology and Higher Education M Nasir (right), Deputy Governor of West Java Deddy Mizwar (left), Head of National Aviation and Antariksa (LAPAN) Thomas Djamaludin (right second) symbolically launched the LAPAN-A2 Satellite, in the Center of LAPAN Rancabungur Technology, Bogor District, Jabar, Thursday (3/9). The LAPAN-A2 satellite with a weight of 78 kilograms will be debited near the equator with a six-degree inclusion at a height of 630 kilometers from the surface of the earth, across Indonesia 14 times a day monitoring the surface of the earth, sea ship identification and amateur radio communication (ORARI). ANTARA PHOTO/Leily-Setpres/ym/aww/15.