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MALAYSIA
Malaysia formally initiated a national remote sensing
programme in 1989 with the establishment of the Malaysian
Centre for Remote Sensing (MACRES) under the Ministry of
Science, Technology and the Environment. The Meteorological
Service is also administratively under the same Ministry,
while satellite communications are dealt with by the Ministry
of Energy, Telecommunications and Post. In 1992, a Space
Science Division was created within the Office of the Prime
Minister to assist the government in formulating a national
space policy, manage the National Planetarium promote research
and education in space science, monitor space activities
in the country, and play a key role in the international
scene. The National Aerospace Council, chaired by the Prime
Minister, was established. The Council approved in principle
the Aerospace Blueprint, which set the industrial master
plan for the aerospace industry. As an additional instrument
for regulating space activities, nationally space policy
was documented 1998.
Malaysia has been implementing the National Remote Sensing
Programme since 1988 using a three-phase approach: user,
ground and space segments. It was now entering the second
phase, the ground segment. Its national satellite communications
system, comprising MEASAT-1 and 2, was launched in 1995-1996.
Malaysia is preparing to launch the microsatellite, Tiungsat-1.
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