SpaceX Successfully Launches Malaysian Satellite
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 1 launch vehicle from Kwajelein Atoll in the Pacific on July 13, 2009, placing Malaysia’s RazakSAT remote sensing satellite into low Earth orbit. Malaysia’s Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ongkili, said that this is the first remote sensing satellite in Near Equatorial Orbit (NEqO) as opposed to polar orbit. The satellite is named after Malaysia’s second prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein. It is Malaysia’s second remote sensing satellite. The first, TiungSAT-1, was launched in 2000.
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