The Indonesian space agency LAPAN was looking for partners to set up a center for satellite design and manufacturing. It joined the TU Berlin microsatellite design, manufacturing teaching program in 2003. Indonesian engineers not only participated in teaching over the period but have been actively included in the design and manufacture process. LAPAN-TUBSAT was launched into a sun synchronous orbit with altitude of 625km by an Indian PSLV on Jan. 10, 2007. Since then it is taking breathtaking color videos with image pixel resolution of up to 6m.
Small Satellites: Past, Present, and Future
TUBSAT: The Technical University of Berlin Satellite Program
Matthias Buhl
The Aerospace Press, AIAA, Helvajian & Janson (Editors), 2008 (ISBN: 978-1-884989-22-3)
HIGH PRECISION INTERACTIVE EARTH OBSERVATION WITH LAPAN-TUBSAT
Udo Renner, Matthias Buhl
Proceedings of the 4S Symposium Small Satellites, Systems and Services, Rhodos, Greece, 26-30 May 2008
First Flight Results with LAPAN-TUBSAT
Udo Renner, Matthias Buhl
6th IAA Symposium Small Satellites for Earth Observation, Berlin, 2007
LAPAN-TUBSAT: First Indonesian Micro satellite
Soewarto Hardhienata, Robertus Heru Triharjanto
Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN), Jakarta 2007 (ISBN: 978-979-1458-07-08)
The Use Of LAPAN-TUBSAT Satellite Video Data For Earth Observation
W. Hasbi, R. Widyastuti
Earth Observation Small Satellites for Remote Sensing Applications (eoss2007), Nov. 20-23 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Launch and First Six Month's Orbital Performance of LAPAN-TUBSAT Satellite
S. Hardhienata, A.S. Salatun
Earth Observation Small Satellites for Remote Sensing Applications (eoss2007), Nov. 20-23 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flight Experience with TUBSAT
Udo Renner
Proceedings of the 4S Symposium Small Satellites, Systems and Services, Chia Laguna, Sardinia, Italy
Technical Aspects and Attitude Control Strategy of LAPAN-TUBSAT Micro Satellite
S. Hardhienata, A. Nuryanto, R. H. Triharjanto, U. Renner
5th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, April 4 - 8, 2005 Berlin, Germany
LAPAN-TUBSAT : Micro-Satellite Platform for Surveillance & Remote Sensing
R. H. Triharjanto, W. Hasbi, A. Widipaminto, M. Mukhayadi, U. Renner
Proceedings of The 4S Symposium: Small Satellites, Systems and Services (ESA SP-571). 20 - 24 September 2004, La Rochelle, France (ESA SP-571)