Figures of STEI ITB Alumni Behind BRI Satellite Design
By Vinskatania Agung A
Editor Vinskatania Agung A

BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Again, ITB graduates proved their existence and credibility in the field of telecommunications and information. PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk. (BRI) soon will be the only bank in the world to have a satellite. BRI is scheduled orbiting satellite into space on Wednesday (08/06/16) 20:30 UTC or Thursday (09/06/16) Indonesian time. In order to prepare and operate a satellite named BRIsat, BRI held a number of diaspora including two alumni of STEI ITB named Omar Isnawan and Dr. Ir. Meiditomo Sutyarjoko, MSEE. Both of them are also participated in guarding the operation in the post-handover BRIsat from Space Systems / Loral, LLC (SSL) Palo Alto, California, United Stat
es.

Meiditomo Sutyarjoko

Along with these achievements, from 1989 to 2015, he had launched many satellites under his guidance. There are Aussat B1, B2 Aussat, Astra 1C, 1D Astra, Inmarsat III, Galaxy III, Galaxy V, VI Galaxy, Palapa C1, Palapa C2, Garuda 1, S2M- 1, Arabsat, ABS-1, ABS-2, ABS-3 , ABS-7, ABS-4 ABS-6, and the latest is BRIsat. Ir. Meiditomo also has experience in spectrum management in the international session as a Chairman and Head of Delegation in operator review meeting for L-Band which was held from 2003 to 2009. He was also a delegate of the hearing held by Asia Pacific Telecomunity and ITU.
Omar Isnawan

In 2011, Omar joined Asia Broadcast Satellite, one of the global satellite operators in Hong Kong and served in the field of satellite engineering and operation to help the division operation in Subic Bay, the Philippines and the Division of Engineering & Procurement in Washington DC, USA, in the procurement of satellite ABS-2, ABS-3A, and ABS-2A.
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