Vietnamese Built Nano-satellite To Be Launched In 2016

Vietnam plans to send a nano-satellite weighing 10kg to orbit in 2016, Vietnma News Agency (VNA) reported. Associate Prof. Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, director of Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC), said the NanoDragon satellite will be entirely designed and manufactured by Vietnamese experts. Last year, VNSC successfully launched a micro satellite called Pico Dragon weighing 1kg. Once VNSC's infrastructure system in Hanoi's Hoa Lac area is completed, a 50kg satellite known as MicroDragon will be developed and is expected to be launched in 2018. More

(Source: malaysiandigest.com - Sep 14)