1. SOLAR RADIO STATION AT SPACE TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, BANTING

a) CALLISTO (Compound Astronomical Low frequency Low cost Instrument for Spectroscopy and Transportable Observatory) 

• The CALLISTO spectrometer is a programmable heterodyne receiver developed in 2006 in the framework of the International Heliophysical Year (IHY2006) and the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) and supported by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
• Nowadays, there are now more than 200 CALLISTOs installed around the world and operating simultaneously, forming the e-CALLISTO network to monitor the activity of the Sun in the radio frequency range from 45 MHz to 870 MHz (known as Solar Radio Bursts) 24 hours per day throughout the year around the world. One of the units from this network has been installed at the Space Technology Complex in Banting since 2016.
• In Malaysia, the CALLISTO system has been successfully installed at the Space Technology Complex in Banting, Selangor, and has been generating data until now. It consists of four main components, which are the Log Periodic Dipole Antenna (LPDA) (CLP5130-1), the spectrometer, an outdoor Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA), and control software.
• CALLISTO data has been used by researchers and students of higher education institutions for solar physics research. Researchers can apply for the use of CALLISTO data at the Space Technology Complex, Banting, from MYSA in advance for their research and publication purposes.