LAPAN-A3/LAPAN-IPB (LISAT) Satellite Data Are Accessible Through Bogor Agricultural University
The satellite of LAPAN-A3/LAPAN-IPB (LISAT) was successfully launched on 22nd June 2016, from Sriharikota, India, aboard the India-owned Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C34). LAPAN A3/LAPAN-IPB is a micro satellite, built in collaboration with Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN). This satellite weighs about 115 kilograms, and had the main function to do the monitoring of the agricultural land of Indonesian food through the imaging of push broom of 4 multispectral channels (Red, Green, Blue and Near-Infrared) with the resolution of 18 meters with a width of coverage of 108 km and the visible camera with high resolution (3.5 meters). Similar to the previous satellite generation (Lapan-A2/ORARI), the LAPAN-A3/LAPAN-IPB satellite is also equipped with the Automatic Identification System (AIS) to monitor global marine traffic.
Effective end of the year 2016, data sent by LAPAN A3/LAPAN-IPB satellite have been received by Ground Station System – Ranca Bungur, Bogor, Indonesia. In connection with the utilization of data LAPAN-A3 / IPB. The real goal of LAPAN-A3/IPB is to provide actual, frequent and accurate data for observing and predicting the condition of the Indonesian archipelago. The LAPAN-IPB Satellite is designed and developed by LAPAN, while IPB is responsible for developing algorithm and datasets application for various research such as agriculture, forestry, climatology, fisheries and marine.
To facilitate researchers to obtain and utilize LAPAN A3/LAPAN-IPB satellite data, an online data request system has been prepared via ftp connection to servers placed in the LISAT Data Center room at the Center for Environmental Research-Institute for Research and Community Service (PPLH-LPPM ), IPB. Data access can be done through ftp://103.10.107.23/ or ftp://172.17.48.30 (alternative) portal. Proposals must be prepared and submitted via the online proposal, and send to http://lisat.ipb.ac.id/order/ to get the username and password (registration).
LAPAN-IPB collaboration is also intended to enhance the role of environmental satellite data such as NOAA, MODIS, LANDSAT and others, in order to more effectively support the research in agricultural, forestry, climate and marine resources, for the support the accuracy of the data in planning for the planting of paddy fields which would be implicated directly on the improving of the food security. (Wied)
