LAPAN Ready to Strengthen Maritime Sector with Remote Sensing

Yogyakarta Antara) - The Institute of National Aviation and Space (LAPAN) said it is ready to provide satellite technology for remote sensing to support the government's program to strengthen the country's maritime sector. Lapan head Thomas Djamaluddin said satellite technology of remote sensing could cover all Indonesian waters. Sea vessel radar technology now generally used is be able to cover only limited area and give limited data, Thomas said on the sidelines of an International Conference on Aerospace Electronics and Remote Sensing Satellite (ICARES) 2014 here on Thursday. The use of aircraft has wider coverage , but could not cover the whole water territory of Indonesia, he said. "Aircraft as has been widely used could cover only 70 percent of the country's water territory," he said. (*)