From January 11, 2019
Vietnamese-made satellites will be launched next week.
The MicroDragon satellite was created by 36 Vietnamese engineers from the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), who studied the technology. Famous college space in Japan.
By Powerful - January 11, 2019
The Vietnamese satellite will be launched into orbit on January 17, 2019 next week at 7 pm : 50 minutes (Hanoi time). According to a newspaper in Vietnam.
A press release from the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) was published on January 9 and was quoted by Vietnamese newspapers. On January 10, 2019, a Vietnam-based MicroDragon satellite and earth tracking satellite will be launched by The rocket, Epsilon-4, comes from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima P area prefecture of Japan.
MicroDragon satellite was developed by 36 Vietnamese engineers from the National Space Center (VNSC) technology that engineers had studied space at the best universities in Japan, such as the University of Tokyo (Tokyo) college (Keio), University of Hokkaido (Hokkaido) Tohoku University Kim (Tohoku) Kyushu Institute of Technology. They started producing the satellite in 2013 and have successfully completed the test in 2017,
The satellite, which is 50 x 50 x 50 cm and weighs 50 kilograms, was designed to control the satellite. Monitoring the quality of coastal waters, identifying the location of fish resources, and monitoring changes in sea water for aquaculture support National of Vietnam. In addition, the satellite will be used to exchange data with the global Microsatellite community to improve climate response capabilities and Natural disasters as well.
In 2013, engineers at the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) also successfully produced and launched a satellite. The satellite, called PicoDragon size 10 x 10 , 11 x 35 cm and weighs 1 kilogram.
Following the launch of the MicroDragon satellite, Vietnam will launch two other satellites, the LOTUSat-1 and the LOTUSat-2, equipped with radar technology. Supermarkets, which weigh up to 600 kilograms and the size of 1, 5 x 1, 5 x 3 m and up to 5 years old in orbit. Vietnam is also producing the NanoDragon satellite weighing 10 kilograms.
https://www.techkhmer.net/microdragon-satellite-vietnam
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