RazakSAT^® has been designed to orbit the earth in Near Equatorial Orbit (NEqO) at a nominal altitude of 685 km and 9 degrees inclination. This will provide a high number of passes over the equatorial region (14 per day over Malaysia) and the imaging opportunities will be three times more compared to the usual sun-synchronous orbit. This unique feature gives RazakSAT^® the ability to maximize its imaging opportunities and significantly increase its re-visit time over the coverage area.

With its maneuverability and high resolution imager, RazakSAT^® can access a 800 km corridor with 20 km swath width image anywhere in this corridor where resolutions of up to 2.5 m can be achieved. This allows the combination of both high resolution capability while maintaining a large imaging access area.

Characteristics and Capabilities

Spatial characteristics:
2.5m for panchromatic and 5.0m for multi-spectral with swath width of 2.0km. This allows for mapping scales of 1:25000 and 1:50000.

Spectral characteristic:
Spectral range covers visible to near infrared. Main features of the Earth can be identified and classified with advanced processing.

Radiometric resolution:
8-bit. This enables Earth features to be represented in 256 digital levels.

Temporal resolution:
Up to 14 times of imaging opportunities per day over tropical area in ±9° latitude from the equator. Tilting is possible for further deviations of up to ±30°.