Indonesian Amateur Radio Satellite

The Indonesian Amateur Radio Organisation ORARI and the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space plan to launch an Amateur Radio satellite next year.

According to a recent report by the Malaysian National News Agency website Bernama.com "the satellite will expand the communication network to remote districts".

ORARI President Sutiyoso is reported as saying "ORARI had become the alternative communication tool during disasters like the tsunami in Aceh and the recent earthquake in Padang."

It is understood the satellite is Inasat-1, one of two Indonesian microsatellites under construction. It will carry a 435/145 MHz FM transponder with 5 watts output and be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) into a 650 km orbit.

Malaysian National News Agency story
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/
newsindex.php?id=453179

AMSAT Indonesia (AMSAT-ID)
http://www.amsat-id.net/

Organisation Amateur Radio Indonesia (ORARI) http://www.orari.or.id/

Google English http://tinyurl.com/IndonesiaORARI

Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautic and Space (LAPAN)
http://www.lapan.go.id/

Google English: http://tinyurl.com/IndonesiaLAPAN

IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/formal.asp