JAXA Interview of LAPAN Chairman Thomas Djamaluddin.
The 21st Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-21) was held in Tokyo on December 2-5, 2014. APRSAF is an international conference that promotes the use of space in the Asia-Pacific region. During the conference, members of national space agencies and government bodies, as well as university researchers and representatives of private companies, gathered under one roof for lively discussion. We talked with the Chairman of the space agency of Indonesia, the host country for the APRSAF-22, which will convene in 2015. An archipelago nation needs space technology — Please give us an overview of the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), and tell us what you do. Earth observation microsatellite LAPAN-A1 (courtesy: LAPAN) RX-420 (courtesy: LAPAN) The purpose of LAPAN is aerospace-related research and development. The organization was established in 1963, and today our work falls under four core competencies: space science, aerospace technology, r...
