RAZAKSAT

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite RAZAKSAT at a glance.

Uptime

5838

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.7

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

9.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for RAZAKSAT.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: RAZAKSAT

International designator: 2009-037A

Object number (NORAD): 35578

Object ID (CCSDS): 35578

Country: MALAYSIA (MALA)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.974 minutes

Inclination: 8.9874 deg

SMA: 7039.896 km

Apoapsis: 672.661 km

Periapsis: 650.862 km

RAAN: 68.4896 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0015482

Argument of periapsis: 19.5645 deg

Mean anomaly: 340.5138 deg

Mean motion: 14.69783483 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000973 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000066082 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:06 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 RAZAKSAT

TLE line 1: 1 35578U 09037A 25188.92087244 .00000973 00000-0 66082-4 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 35578 8.9874 68.4896 0015482 19.5645 340.5138 14.69783483858151

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite RAZAKSAT.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

RazakSAT is a Malaysian Earth observation satellite carrying a high-resolution camera. It was the first and only operational satellite to be put in orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 1.

RAZAKSAT was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Falcon 1 | RazakSAT’, on board a Falcon 1 space rocket.

The launch took place on July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. from Omelek Island.

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Launch to space Falcon 1 | RazakSAT
Falcon 1 | RazakSAT

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 14, 2009, 3:36 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Falcon 1

Launch pad: Omelek Island

Location: Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands

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