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Vietnam's micro satellite launched into space
by Staff Writers
Hanoi (XNA) Aug 07, 2013


Pico Dragon satellite (Photo: VNSC).

Pico Dragon, the Made-in-Vietnam micro satellite, was shipped to the International Space Station ( ISS) Sunday to prepare for a mission in space, state-run Vietnam News Agency reported Sunday.

Accordingly, the micro satellite, together with three other micro satellites of the United States, was carried by Japan's Kounotori 4 (HTV-4) cargo spacecraft.

The two-stage H-2B rocket carrying the HTV-4 ship lifted off at 4:48 am Tokyo time (19:48 GMT Saturday), initiating a five-day journey to the International Space Station.

Vietnam's Pico Dragon is programmed to capture images of the earth, collect space environment data and test communication systems, said the report quoting sources from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

The 10x10x11.35 centimeter cube weighting nearly one kilogram is the first of its kind developed by young Vietnamese engineers and researchers of the National Satellite Center, an affiliate of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

It is planned to stay at the ISS for two to three months before going into space.

In May this year, Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, was launched into orbit from the Kourou launch pad in Guiana of France.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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MICROSAT BLITZ
Vietnam to launch micro satellite
Hanoi (XNA) Jul 30, 2013
The Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) has confirmed that the Vietnamese micro satellite Pico Dragon will be shipped to the International Space Station ( ISS) early in August. The device, a 10x10x11.35 centimeter cube with nearly one kilogram in weight, is the first of its kind developed by Vietnamese engineers and researchers for launching into space. Its duties will be to capture i ... read more


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