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LAPAN-A3
Maritime Surveillance / Earth Observation · LAPAN / Indonesia
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Indonesia's most capable domestically built satellite carries an AIS receiver, multispectral camera, and amateur radio payload. The AIS component is strategically critical for Indonesia — the world's largest archipelago with 17,000 islands and the busiest shipping lanes — providing independent monitoring of vessel movements through Indonesian waters.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 287–295 mi (462–474 km)
- Inclination
- 97.2°
- One orbit
- 93.8 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41603
- Int’l designator
- 2016-040E
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.