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RazakSAT®
RazakSAT®, a satellite development technology programme initiated by ATSB®, an organization under the Ministry of Finance and supervised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is entrusted to manufacture and develop satellites and application of space-related technologies. The manufacture and launch of TiungSAT-1 in the year 2000, proved that ATSB® has successfully acquired the necessary skills and expertise to construct and launch a satellite into space. With the knowledge gained, ATSB® moved on to build RazakSAT® - an achievement recorded for Malaysia as the world 1st remote sensing satellite launched into the Near Equatorial Orbit (NEqO) on 14 July 2009. RazakSAT® was named after the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak (known as the Father of Malaysian Development) by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir Mohamad. RazakSAT® is a cost-effective 180kg mini satellite capable of high resolution Earth Observation imaging. The design and manufacturing process of this satellite follows the exacting and rigorous established standards of spacecraft engineering. Using these standards, the RazakSAT® has passed through the phases of Engineering, Qualification and Flight Models development. The spacecraft optical payload has the ability to take 2.5 meter resolution panchromatic (black-and-white) and 5 meter resolution multispectral (red, green, blue and near-infrared) images of the Earth. RazakSAT® will orbit the Earth fourteen times a day, thus providing ample imaging opportunity for the targeted area. RazakSAT® can provide an image with 2 pixels accuracy with ground control point (GCP). The RazakSAT® is targeted to orbit the earth at 685km altitude with 9o inclination. It will serve the timely needs of Malaysian experts and users in remote sensing for various applications. RazakSAT® satellite images can be exploited for the following applications: · Agriculture · Landscape Mapping · Forest Biomass · Urban Planning · Road Network Planning
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