space_launch_vehicle lapan-tubsat
Lapan - TUBSat is Indonesia ' s first remote sensing satellite , made by the experts from National Institute of Aeronautics and Space ( Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional , Lapan ) and Technical University Berlin ( TUB ) Germany . The uses of the satellite are for Indonesian natural resources observation and weather forecast for the Indonesian area . Lapan - TUB Sat was launched on a PSLV launcher on January 1  st , 2007 from the Indian space centre in Sriharikota and still functioning well after the fifth birthday . Lapan - TUBSat is a micro satellite , weighs of 54 , 7 Kilograms , and orbit at 630 kilometers above Indonesia . This satellite passes the polar orbital ( from one polar to another ) and across the archipelago for two or three times each day . Image of Lapan - TUBsat , now can only be received by Lapan ground station in Rumpin , West Java , called remote sensing image for West Indonesia . Afterward , ground station in Pare Pare , South Celebes and Biak Island , Papua , will be built to receive image from remote sensing satellite for Middle and East Indonesia . ___MASK73___ ( Hindi :                     ), abbreviated in English as GSLV , is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ). GSLV has been used in ten launches to date , since its first launch in 2001 through to its most recent launch on September 8 , 2016 of the INSAT - 3DR . Sriharikota is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh , India . It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre , one of the two satellite launch centers in India with the other being the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram . Indian Space Research Organisation launch satellites using multistage rockets such as the ___MASK54___ and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota . The ___MASK54___ , commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV , is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing ( IRS ) satellites into Sun - synchronous orbits , a service that was , until the advent of the PSLV , commercially available only from Russia . PSLV can also launch small size satellites into geostationary transfer orbit ( GTO ).