LAPAN-A2 (LAPAN-ORARI)
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LAPAN-A2, also known as LAPAN-ORARI, is an Indonesian near-equatorial microsatellite for Earth surveillance, AIS maritime monitoring, and amateur-radio disaster communications.[1][2] Its payload set includes an optical camera and AIS receiver, with ORARI voice and APRS communications also described for the mission.[1][2] Its optical camera provides approximately 4 m ground sampling [1]. LAPAN-A2 launched on 2015-09-28 on ISRO PSLV-C30 with the AstroSat mission.[3] In 2018 it was operating nominally and producing imagery and AIS data regularly.[1]
All fields
| operator | National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) |
| platform | lapan-a-microsatellite-bus |
| launch vehicle | isro-pslv |
| Launched | 2015-09-28 |
| orbit type | near-equatorial LEO |
| swath km | 80 |
| tasking supported | false |
| current geographic priority | Indonesia and low-latitude maritime/land surveillance |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
Compositional position
- [1]Development of Systematic Image Preprocessing of LAPAN-A3/IPB Multispectral Imagespeer reviewed2019-01-262026-06-21
- [2]LAPAN A2, Gunter's Space Pagecommunity-2026-06-21
- [3]List of PSLV Launches, ISROagency doc-2026-06-21