An Old Dream Comes True

Indonesia will have its first sophisticated micro satellite under a cooperative scheme between the National Aeronautics and Space Institute and Chiba University, Japan. The satellite will be the worlds lightest.

January 10, 2017

JOSAPHAT Tetuko Sri Sumantyo"s big dream began when he was only five years old. Josh, short for Josaphat, hoped someday to produce a radar satellite for Indonesia, a dream that went beyond the imagination of most children his age. He wanted to see Indonesia produce its own satellites instead of purchasing or renting from other countries.

It all began when his father, Michael Suman Juswaljati, an instructor at the Air Force Rapid Deployment Forcenow

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