Satellite from Rancabungur
For the first time, Indonesia is designing and constructing its own satellites. Two are being made and are scheduled to be launched into space using an Indian rocket this year.
February 16, 2011
IT was only 6:30am and the sun was still hidden beneath the horizon in Bubulak, on the outskirts of Bogor. Wahyudin Hasbi left his house hastily in an official Toyota Avanza car. Having met four of his colleagues, he immediately turned the car to the direction of Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base in Jakarta, driving through the Jagorawi toll road.
Wahyudi was not rushing to have the chartered Cessna plane parked there deliver him to his hometown. In
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