Spaceport Ambition in Papua

The government continues to revive the plan to build a spaceport in North Biak, Biak Numfor, Papua. It is located in a protected forest, home to various endemic species.

Dini Pramita

April 4, 2022

ALEX Abrauw, 31 years old, still harbors resentment towards the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Chief Laksana Tri Handoko, who visited the prospective spaceport location in Saukobye village, North Biak District, Biak Numfor, Papua, on October 21, 2021. Alex, along with several other youths from the Abrauw clan, held a demonstration against the entourage from Jakarta. “They came secretly without telling us, the customary lando

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