Epsilon-5 solid-fuel rocket carrying NanoDragon and eight other small satellites of Japan flies into outer space. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Two out of nine satellites have yet to receive signal fromthe earth station 22 days after they were launched into orbit,said Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) LeXuan Huy.
Theyare ARICA test satellite developed by Aoyama Gakuin University of Japan and Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite.
Studied, designed and manufactured in Vietnam, NanoDragon was successfully launched into outer space at a height of 560kmfrom the Uchinoura Space Centre in Japan's Kagoshima prefecture on November 9.
Before the launch, NanoDragon underwent four rounds of safetyinspection by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) with the stricteststandards and important environment, shock and functional tests. It also passedrounds of examination in Vietnam and was sent to Japan for launching under JAXA’splan on August 6.
Alltests in Japan were closely monitored by its developer VNSC, the Kyushu Instituteof Technology, JAXA, High-Reliability Engineering and Components Corporation (HIREC)and MEISEI – partner of VNSC in Japan and supplier of test equipment forNanoDragon.
VNSC also discussed eventualities that could happen to NanoDragon and sought measureswith MEISEI and JAXA, Huy said, adding that VNSC’s engineers are activelyseeking signal from the satellite./.
