Vietnam will produce satellites in 2022

After completing the satellite development roadmap, in 2022 Vietnam will produce satellites and become one of the leading countries in the region in this field.

On March 23, at the conference to implement the 2017-2022 plan, the Vietnam Space Center project, Mr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director of the National Satellite Center (Academy of Science and Technology) said, After successfully developing PicoDragon satellite (1kg), the unit will continue to build NanoDragon (4-6kg), MicroDragon (10kg) and Lotusat (600kg).

In 2018, Vietnam's MicroDragon is expected to launch into Japanese missile trajectories. This satellite is a square block weighing about 50kg, made by Vietnamese engineers, under the guidance of Japanese professors. It is tasked to observe coastal waters to assess water quality, locate aquatic resources, monitor changes in occurrences in coastal waters to serve Vietnam's aquaculture industry.

Satellite development roadmap in Vietnam.

In 2019, the Lotusat -1 satellite will be launched and put into operation. In 2022, modern technical infrastructure for satellite research, assembly, integration and testing is also available to develop Lotusat -2 . This is the first satellite produced in Vietnam and will provide satellite images for Vietnam.

"With these two modern radar sensor technology satellites, Vietnam is able to observe the entire territory and national waters in all weather conditions, with high resolution, contributing to minimizing the impact of climate change and natural disasters, resource management and environmental monitoring , " Tuan said.

If the above roadmap is completed, by 2022, Vietnam will belong to the group of leading countries in this area, equivalent to Indonesia and Malaysia.

On August 4, 2013, the micro-satellite Pico Dragon entered the space on the HTV4 transport ship from Yoshinobu launch pad at Japan's Tanegashima Space Center. Satellites are built with the aim of training research staff, gradually approaching the process of designing, manufacturing, integrating, and testing satellites. It has been operating in orbit from November 19, 2013 to March 1, and successfully communicated with VNSC's ground stations and many countries.