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Indonesia's first space flight was conducted in 1985 by launching the Palapa A1 satellite.
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10 Interesting Fact About Space travel history
10 Interesting Fact About Space travel history
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Indonesia's first space flight was conducted in 1985 by launching the Palapa A1 satellite.
In 1996, Indonesia launched the first satellite made in the country, Satellite Palapa B2.
Indonesia is the third country in Southeast Asia that has homemade satellites.
In 1998, Indonesia became a member of the Asian Space Agency (Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization).
In 2007, Indonesia launched the Telkom-2 satellite to orbit.
Indonesia has a satellite launch facility in Biak, West Papua.
In 2016, Indonesia became the 5th country in the world that launched a mini rocket made in the country.
Indonesia plans to launch a new satellite, Lapan-A4 satellite, in 2022.
In addition to telecommunications purposes, Indonesian satellites are also used for observation of weather, mapping, and science research.
Indonesia has collaborated with various countries in the field of space, including Russia, Japan and the United States.
