India will launch a second multi-spectral remote sensing Indonesian satellite that will help the country to monitor land-use, natural resource and in disaster mitigation.
The satellite will be shipped to India tomorrow to be launched at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.
LAPAN A2/Orari will function as a tool to monitor land
usage, ship movements, sea resources and fishing explorations.
The satellite will orbit the Earth along the equator with an altitude of 650 kilometers, and travel at 7.5 kilometers per second - enabling it to circle the Earth 14 times a day.
