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LAPAN-A2 (LAPAN-ORARI)

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]

Supply chain position

built on platform LAPAN A-series microsatellite bus

operated by National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)

launched on PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Vessel tracking

Sources

[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

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:lapan-a2,
  title = {LAPAN-A2 (LAPAN-ORARI)},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/lapan-a2}
}