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Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite set to enter orbit on October 7

“Made in Vietnam” NanoDragon satellite is scheduled to be launched into orbit on October 7, announced Assoc. Prof., Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, General Director of the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite set to enter orbit on October 7 ảnh 1The Epsilon 5 rocket on a launch pad. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – “Made in Vietnam” NanoDragon satellite is scheduled to belaunched into orbit on October 7, announced Assoc. Prof., Dr. Pham Anh Tuan,General Director of the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the VietnamAcademy of Science and Technology.

The launchis slated to take place from 7:51.21 am to 7:55.16 am (Vietnam time), accordingto the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The solid-fuelEpsilon 5 rocket, expected to carry the NanoDragon satellite and eight othersinto the outer space, will be launched from JAXA’s Uchinoura Space Centre in thetown of Kimotsuki in south-western Kagoshima prefecture of Japan.

JAXA onOctober 1 morning suspended the launch of the rocket some 19 seconds before thescheduled lift-off time.

Accordingto the agency, a glitch occurred at ground radar equipment that monitors theEpsilon-5's position and speed, located near the rocket's launching pad. Itmight cause a problem in tracking the rocket, JAXA added.

TheNanoDragon, a nano-layer cubesat satellite which weighs 3.8 kilogrammes, wasdeveloped by the VNSC.

Thesatellite was delivered to Japan and tested at the Uchinoura Space Centre inKagoshima prefecture in August before being officially transferred to the JAXAfor launching under the second "Innovative satellite technologydemonstration" programme./.

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