VIVAnews - The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (Lapan) will launch two new satellites in an effort to help lessen damage from natural disasters.
Deputy of Aerospace Technology, Soewarto Hardhienata, said the Lapan A 2 and Lapan A 3 satellites have extended features in remote monitoring as they are able to transmit disaster warnings.
"Each satellite has different mission. Both are launched to help ease communication and reduce damage from natural disasters," he said during the workshop of ASEAN Cooperation Project on Utilization of Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Management in Bogor, West Java, today.
Lapan hosts the workshop of which participants are representatives of Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
An official of the Board of Regional Disaster Mitigation, Agus Wibowo, said Indonesia has been typically hit by hydrological disasters such as floods and strong winds.
He said that Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi are extremely prone to disasters.
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