[amsat-bb] LAPAN-A2/ORARI update?

[Wisnu Widjaja YBØAZ]

Dear Drew

LAPAN-A2 also known as LAPAN ORARI satellite will be launched together on a mission astrosat India's PSLV-C30 / astrosat on 28 Sep 2015. It will operate in the near equatorial orbit between 6 to 8 degree, 650km and able to cross the territory of Indonesia 14 times a day.

I will update to you as soon as possible after this bird on orbit.

Best 73 de Wisnu YBØAZ 

Sent from my iPhone 6

> On Aug 30, 2015, at 19:32, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Wisnu,
>  
> Best of luck with the launch, and please send us any further information that you can. Is the 8 degree, 650km orbit correct?
>  
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>  
> From: Wisnu Widjaja YBØAZ [mailto:yb0az at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 11:42 PM
> To: Andrew Glasbrenner
> Cc: AMSAT-BB
> Subject: Re: LAPAN-A2/ORARI update?
>  
> Dear Drew
>  
> Thanks for your email.
>  
> Yes the LAPAN ORARI (LAPAN A2) satellite is planned to launch at the end of September 2015 from India.
>  
> It's an equatorial satellite have the amateur payloads: FM Voice repeater and APRS digipeater.
>  
> Best 73 de Wisnu YBØAZ 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 6
> 
> On Aug 29, 2015, at 22:54, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> Would one of our Indonesian friends be able to give us an update on the upcoming launch of their satellite?
>  
> I see from https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Forari.web.id%2Fwp%2F%3Fpage_id%3D950&edit-text=
> and https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://orari.web.id/wp/%3Fpage_id%3D920&usg=ALkJrhhkj1M9f01VohQw3ivG4ZohC_hTRQ
> that they are preparing for a launch at the end of September. This seems to line up with the Astrosat PSLV-XL C30 launch. I can’t decipher if it is just for A2, or for LAPANSAT-ORARI, or if the satellites have been combined now? Is http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=152 still correct as to modes and frequencies?
>  
> If the 650km, 8 degree inclination orbit is still correct, this will be a very interesting satellite for those below 30 degrees N and S latitudes, but unusable for those further north.
>  
> 73, Drew KO4MA