(VOVWORLD) - Locally-produced satellite NanoDragon is set to be launched into outer space on Friday, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
The microsatellite, which was both designed and manufactured by Vietnamese engineers, will be sent into orbit from Uchinoura Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.
The 3.8 kg satellite is the product of a project to design, manufacture, launch, and test the operation of a nano-sized microsatellite under the national space science and technology programme for the 2016 - 2020 period.
Earlier, the Vietnam National Space Center built PicoDragon weighing one kg which was put into orbit in 2013 and then sent signals back to earth.
Another satellite called MicroDragon, which weighs 50kg, was also built by a group of VNSC engineers under the guidance of Japanese experts. The satellite was successfully launched into orbit in January 2019, and also sent images back to Earth.