Macsat

Medium-sized Aperture Camera SATellite, also called Razaksat (named after Tun Abdul Razak Dato' Hussain, Malaysia's second Prime Minister)

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General

Designation	35578 / 09037A
Launch date	14 Jul 2009
Country of origin	Malaysia
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	685 km (Near Equatorial Orbit NEO)
Inclination	9°
Period
Launch vehicle	Falcon 1 #5

Was initially planned for launch in 2003. Joint program between Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia and SaTReCi of Korea.

Due to its orbital and coverage characteristics, Malaysia and other countires in Equatorial region can have large benefit from NEO satellite operation. Will fly over Malaysia a dozen times a day.
Four other satellites are planned.

Pointing system failed on 30 Aug 2010 making pictures unusable. In compensation, $208000 was refunded bu ATSB.

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External resources

http://www.atsb.my/

http://www.satreci.com/eng/
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	ATSB
Platform
Mass at launch	180 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	120 x 120 cm, hexagonal
Solar array	GaAS cells
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	EOL: 300 W
Design lifetime	3 years

TT&C in S-band (9.6 kbps uplink, 38.4 kbps downlink)
Data download in X-band at 30 Mbps

Resolution: 2.5 m (4 spectral bands in visible and near IR), Swath width: 20 km.
5 meters in the multi-spectral bands.

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