People who drive the satellite Vinasat-1

The oldest person in the technical team of the Guiyang Satellite Control Station is just 30 years old. While studying and working, it took nearly a year for them to "drive" Vietnam's first satellite to stabilize in orbit.

Domestic real output, any type of foreign

Guests arriving at the Guiyang Satellite Control Station will be thoroughly inspected and issued a pass card. The specialized rooms all use magnetic keys, surveillance cameras and warning programs to prevent unauthorized intrusion. At the station, time and discipline are put on top. Deputy deputy director Hoang Phuc Thang said that Vinasat satellite has many external impacts, so monitoring and processing must be ensured 24/24.

Experts are installing Vinasat satellite.

Although preset the operating mode, but each week, the station's officials still have to control the satellite twice in the direction of North - South and East - West to make the satellite fly in orbit. Each control, at least two engineers, a satellite engineer, a software engineer to control the computer. Satellite engineers analyze the trajectory, collect, process information and provide control engineers. Members must discuss and discuss with expert of Lockheed Martin (USA) about the status of satellites and discuss solutions. The control record is signed by the members, the new control engineer is executed.

'With the distance from the ground to the satellite over 36,000 km, just 0.1 degrees, the satellite signal is immediately affected. We have to be careful with each operation, small parameters, because if you exceed the allowed trajectory (above 0.4 degrees), customers may not receive satellite signals. Radio, television programs, telephone communication, data transmission, Internet access, mobile broadcast . in rural, border and island areas . will not be implemented, " Hoang Phuc Thang Deputy Station said.

Proud of the guys 'paving the way'

'People' Information technology, but the day of receiving the decision to transfer to the deputy station of Satellite Control Station Que Duong, Thang was both happy and worried. Glad to be directly involved in the first satellite control of Vietnam, worrying about taking on unprecedented jobs in Vietnam. Thang said that all satellite control engineers chose from the Military Technical Academy and Hanoi University of Technology, then were trained four weeks in the US and continued to be trained at the Que Duong Satellite Control Station. . However, this knowledge is completely new, mainly in theory, so it is necessary to accumulate experience through practice. Nguyen Hai Chau, satellite engineer, Bui Duc Hien, control engineer must regularly go online to find documents about satellite control, because the time for university study has not been provided, teaching about this knowledge. 'The deeper I went to learn, the more excited the numbers seemed to be dry. Because behind these figures is the quality of services provided by Vinasat ' , Hieu said.

Busy work, Thang always has to show the role of the elder brother to encourage the brothers. Everyone worries that electromagnetic waves can affect health, especially about married life. But 8 years in the profession plus time to contact foreign experts, Thang knows the control station's waves do not affect as rumors. However, persuading families is not easy. Including a small night of analysis, applying both profound expertise to convince, his new wife to return to work at Que Duong Control Station with the commitment: to have annual health check .

The satellite control has no holidays. So, when the house welcomes Tet Ky Su, you still have to take turns to maintain the shift.

There are a lot of things that Vietnamese satellite drivers have not yet said about their work. But what they spend every day speaks more or less about the passion and passion of these young people. Their work is contributing to quality assurance for Vinasat-1 satellites.