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News and Articles on Equatorial Orbit
Six countries interested in using RazakSAT services Jul 20, 2009
RazakSat, which is the worlds first satelite in the world that operates at the Near Equatorial Orbit (NEqO) is a 10-year programme, costing US$40mil (nearly RM150mil). The satellite, which is a continuation of the TiungSAT-1 programme, launched in 2000, blasted off into space at 11. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Remote sensing satellite to be launched from Marshall Islands on April 21 Mar 22, 2009
Equatorial orbit: RMAF personnel loading the RazakSAT into a C-130 aircraft for transport to the Marshall Islands ... Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said the equatorial orbiting satellite would enable observations of the earths surface to be made more often compared with a polar orbiting satellite. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
RazakSAT launch on April 21 Mar 12, 2009
According to Fadilah, RazakSAT, also the nation's first observatory satellite, would be launched to an orbital location specifically for Malaysia, to be known as the Equatorial Orbit. He said the orbital location would enable observation to be made on the earth surface more often, as compared to other observatory satelites, that is, five to six times daily, during daylight. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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