Vietnam's NanoDragon satellite to be launched from Japan next month
(VOVWORLD) - Microsatellite NanoDragon, a product of the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), has been delivered to Japan, ready to be sent into orbit from the Uchinoura Space Center in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima prefecture, next month.
 NanoDragon satellite in VNSC's lab. (Photo: VNSC) |
At a Monday meeting, Dr. Doan Minh Chung, head of the program, said 26 of 38 research projects use space technology in socio-economic development, environmental conservation, natural disaster mitigation, and natural resource management over the past years.
The 4-kg microsatellite NanoDragon was developed to demonstrate it could use micro-satellite beam technology and the Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal to track and monitor activities at sea. It will operate in a solar synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 560 kilometers.