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Vietnam’s Micro Dragon satellite to be launched in Japan on Jan. 18
Trung Kien 17:38, 2019/01/16
Satellite images from Micro Dragon are the basis for exchanging satellite data with Micro community in the world to enhance the ability to respond quickly to disaster and climate change activities.
The Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology said that at 7:50 (Vietnam time) on January 18 MicroDragon, a made-in-Vietnam earth observation satellite, will be launched into orbit by Epsilon rocket in Japan.
 
Micro Dragon satellite is stored in a clean room at Tokyo University. Photo: vast.ac.vn
Micro Dragon satellite is stored in a clean room at Tokyo University. Photo: vast.ac.vn
After being launched into space, the Micro Dragon satellite will be separated from the rocket and remain in the orbit. The first signals from the satellite are expected to be received in one or two days. It is expected that after a trial period of one-three months in space, Micro Dragon’s operation will become stable.

Micro Dragon satellite can locate aquatic resources, provide information about animals, zooplankton living in the sea, observe and provide information on species of fish and their size to Vietnam's aquaculture industry.

Micro Dragon is equipped with two multi-spectral cameras with adjustable liquid crystal filters, capturing in 12 spectral bands (from 412-1,020 nm), able to put out the best resolution of ground image 36x48 km resolution when the satellite operates at orbit of 500 km.

Satellite images from Micro Dragon are the basis for exchanging satellite data with Micro community in the world to enhance the ability to respond quickly to disaster and climate change activities. 

MicroDragon was developed by 36 Vietnamese engineers from the VNSC, who were sent to study space technology in Japan’s top five universities, namely the University of Tokyo, Keio University, Hokkaido University, Tohoku University and Kyushu Institute of Technology. 

Earlier, VNSC engineers successfully made a satellite named PicoDragon (10x10x11.35 centimeters, 1 kg), which was launched into orbit in November 2013. 
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