Preliminary Design of Indonesian Military Surveilance Satellite

Considering the fast area of Indonesia, its military will need platform with high coverage such as satellite to ensure proper observation of its defense territory. Therefore, the objective ofthe research is to make prelimiray design of satellite for Indonesian military surveillance operation. Since at the moment there are no special unit in Indonesian military dedicated for using satellite images insurveillance operation, the mission requirements are derived from the study of other countries military satellite, which is adjusted for Indonesian geographical conditions. The design assumes constraints on single LEO satellite and existing technology on optical payload. The design process yield a configuration of 1500 kg satellite with 3 deployable solar panels, orbiting at 700 km altitude and 10o inclination. Such platform could deliver image with best resolution of 1 m and 50 km swath, and, with maximum slew angle of 30o , the images can be repeated between 100 minutes to 24 hours, as requested in design requirements