Planetarium Negara

Planetarium Negara (National Planetarium) is Malaysia's national planetarium, a blue-domed science museum atop a hill in the Lake Gardens along Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur. Construction finished in 1993 with a soft launch in May that year, and it was officially opened by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 7 February 1994. Attractions include a space theatre screening space shows and large-format films, permanent space science exhibits such as an Arianne IV engine used to launch Malaysia's first satellite MEASAT-1, and a 14-inch (360 mm) telescope in its observatory.