VNREDSat-1 satellite leaves the launch pad successfully

In the morning of May 7, at 9:06 am, the representative of Arianespace said that VEGA's rocket had left the launch pad at the launch site of Kourou, France, bringing the first remote sensing satellite VNREDSat-1 of Vietnam into orbit.

>>>VNREDSAT-1 will be launched in the morning of May 7

The official website of the European aerospace transport company Arianespace (France), the satellite launch partner VNREDSat-1, is also a partner that successfully launched two telecommunications satellites VINASAT-1 and VINASAT-2 of Vietnam. Male, said VEGA boosters have left the launch pad nice at 9:06 am, Hanoi time at the launch site Kourou, France.

The successful launch of VNREDSat-1 satellite into orbit opened a new page in Vietnam's space science field.

VNREDSat-1 satellite operates at an altitude of 670km with an angle of 98.1 degrees and a weight of 120kg. After leaving the ground for 2 hours, VNREDSat -1 satellite will separate from the VEGA rocket and launch its propulsion to adjust itself to the working trajectory.

The preparations for the launch went well.

VNREDSat-1 satellite is an earth-observation optical satellite, capable of taking photos of all areas of the earth's surface. Its mission is to capture all-channel imaging (PAN) and 4 multi-spectrum channels (MS) with a repeating time of 3 days. Satellites have orbit solar sync (SSO), altitude is 680km. The ground resolution is 2.5m (PAN) and 10m (MS).

VNREDSat-1 satellite can take pictures of the positions on the earth to serve the purposes such as actively monitoring the evolution of natural disasters, climate change, especially when incidents such as storms and floods occur. , forest fire, oil spill . In addition, VNREDSat-1 will provide high-resolution satellite images for the investigation and inventory of forest resources and agricultural land of all kinds; revision of topographic maps, construction of geological structural maps for mineral exploration and exploration; monitor the movement of fish, serve offshore fishing .

VEGA missiles leave the launch pad successfully.

The Frequency Department has received coordination requests from 16 countries including Brazil, France, Russia, the US, China, Korea, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Egypt, Libya, Germany, Nauru, Bahrain, Iran, Morocco as well as two satellite organizations: Arabsat (represented by Saudi Arabia) and Galileo (represented by France) to coordinate and eliminate interference with other national satellites.