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Malaysian imaging satellite lost pointing accuracy after one year of operations

Submit on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 22:59

Malaysia’s RazakSAT Earth observation satellite, launched in July 2009, developed a malfunction after one year in orbit that rendered it de facto useless. Reportedly, the spacecraft is unable to correctly point its camera at targeted regions.

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