Company type | Private Limited Company |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 1 May 1995 [1] |
Defunct | 2019 |
Headquarters | 2, Jalan Jururancang U1/21, Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia |
Key people | Ahmad Sabirin Arshad (CEO until March 2019) [2] Norhizam Ritchie Souza (Chief Technical Officer) |
Products | RazakSAT, TiungSAT-1, InnoSAT, Pipit |
Parent | Minister of Finance Incorporated |
Website | www.atsb.my |
Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd or better known as ATSB was established on 1 May 1995 [1] and is wholly owned by the Minister of Finance Inc under the supervision of the Malaysian Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC).
As a wholly owned company under the Ministry of Finance Inc., ATSB is mandated to focus on research and development in the area of design and development of space-qualified systems employing advanced and innovative technologies. [3] [4] [5]
Unfortunately, the company ceased its operations and closed its business in 2019.
ATSB was entrusted with the design, development, launch and operation of TiungSAT-1, Malaysia's first microsatellite that was launched aboard a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on 26 September 2000. [6]
The technical expertise and experience gained in handling TiungSAT-1 served as a stepping stone for the second microsatellite, RazakSAT, which was successfully launched on 14 July 2009. RazakSat failed after a year, and never became fully operational. [7]
ATSB developed the cubesat InnoSAT-2 that was launched on 29 November 2018 by ISRO. InnoSAT-2 carried a dosimeter, a CMOS camera and an experimental reaction wheel. The satellite bus was locally developed. [8] [9]
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