Scientists from the Vietnam National Space Centre manufacturing NanoDragon satellite. (Photo: VNA)In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on thesuccessful launch of the fifth Epsilon solid-fuel rocket carrying Vietnam’s NanoDragon into outer space at 7:55am (Hanoi time) on November 9,Tuan said that those involving in the manufacturing of NanoDragon haveacquired a lot of experience after taking part in two previous projects of PicoDragonand MicroDragon. The research team had received assistance from many domestic agenciesand organisations, he noted.
Tuan pointed out a number of difficulties facing Vietnam in thisarea, including poor infrastructure system and the incomplete system ofresearch and development centres, land stations and satellite testingequipment, along with modest resources for satellite research andmanufacturing.
Vietnam’s NanoDragon was successfully launched into outer space at 7:55am (Hanoi time) on November 9. (Photo: VNA)The sector is implementing a national key project to build aVietnam Space Centre with major components such as building technical infrastructuresystem, training high-quality human resources and receiving the transfer of satellitetechnologies to create a firm foundation for realising the target of master technologies of designing and manufacturing nanosatellites, whichincluded in the strategy on developing and applying aerospace sciences andtechnologies until 2030 that has been recently approved by the Prime Minister.
To date, Vietnam has owned six satellites that are operating inthe orbit, including two telecommunications, one earth observation and threeresearch satellites. Of those, three were developed by Vietnamese scientists.
NanoDragonsatellite successfully separated from Japan’s fifth Epsilon solid-fuelrocket at 9:07 am (Hanoi time), flying in outer space by itself at a height of560km./.
VNA
