Investigation of Malaysian low earth orbits for remote sensing applications

• Main Authors: Okasha, Mohamed Elsayed Aly Abd Elaziz, I, Shuib, Mahmoud Idres, Moumen Mohammed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2017
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57573/1/57573_Investigation%20of%20Malaysian%20low%20earth%20orbits%20for%20remote%20sensing%20applications.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57573/2/57573_Investigation%20of%20Malaysian%20low%20earth%20orbits%20for%20remote%20sensing%20applications_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57573/; http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012009
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper explores the orbit design procedures of a low Earth satellite orbit for remote sensing mission. The mission objective is to gather images over Malaysia as an area of interest for a variety of applications such as land monitoring and digital mapping. The design procedures are mainly driven...