The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced that Vietnam's NanoDragon satellite will be put on the launch pad for the third time on November 7. (Photo: VNA) According to an official announcement of the JAXA on November 4, its Epsilon-5 rocket, which will carry Vietnam’sNanoDragon satellite and eight other made-in-Japan satellites, will be launched into the outer spacefrom the Uchinoura Space Centre inKagoshima prefecture at between 9:48-9:59 am (local time).
Previously, the JAXA had to stoplaunching Epsilon-5 twice. On October 1, about a minute before launching the rocket, JAXA stopped theprocess to check the machinery system. In anotherattempt to launch the rocket on October 7, the agency had to cancel its plan becauseof unfavorable weather.
The NanoDragon, a nano-layer cubesat satellitewhich weighs 3.8 kilograms, was developed by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the under the VietnamAcademy of Science and Technology. The development of NanoDragonsatellite is part of VNSC's "made in Vietnam" small satellitedevelopment roadmap.
Earlier, it was delivered to Japan on August11 and tested at the Uchinoura Space Centre from August 16-17 before beingofficially transferred to the JAXA for launching under the second"Innovative satellite technology demonstration" programme./.
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