RazakSAT / MACSAT

RazakSAT [Satrec Initiative]

MACSAT (Medium-sized Aperture Camera Satellite) development project is a joint development program between Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia and Satrec Initiative, which started from end of 2001 and aimed to complete the development by the end of 2003. MACSAT has now been renamed RazakSAT.

The MACSAT mission is to develop and validate technologies for a Near Equatorial Orbit (NEO) remote sensing mini-satellite system to acquire medium high resolution images. Due to its orbital and coverage characteristics, Malaysia and other countires in Equatorial region can have large benefit from NEO satellite operation. From the low Earth circular orbit of 685 km altitude with 9 degrees of inclination, geographical information and environment change over equatorial region can also be regularly observed with a unique revisit characteristic.

RazakSAT was successfully launched on 14. July 2009 as the first commercial payload on a Falcon-1 launch vehicle.

Nation:	Malaysia
Type / Application:	Earth observation
Operator:
Contractors:	Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd, Satrec Initiative
Equipment:	MAC
Configuration:	SI-200 bus
Propulsion:
Lifetime:
Mass:	200 kg
Orbit:	675 x 695 km, 9°

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
RazakSAT (ex MACSAT)	14.07.2009	Om		Falcon-1