Mission type Earth observation COSPAR ID 2013-021B Mission duration 5 years Inclination 98.16° Period 1.6 hours Launch date 7 May 2013 | Operator VAST SATCAT no. 39160 Manufacturer EADS Astrium Inclination 98.16° Launch mass 120 kg Rocket Vega | |
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Similar Proba‑V, ESTCube‑1, PROBA, Vinasat‑1, Vinasat‑2 | ||
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VNREDSat-1 (short for Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite) is the first optical Earth Observing satellite of Vietnam; its primary mission is to monitor and study the effects of climate change, predict and take measures to prevent natural disasters, and optimise the management of Vietnam's natural resources.
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Satellite
The VNREDSat-1 was built in Toulouse by EADS Astrium. During the project 15 Vietnamese engineers were integrated and trained by the Astrium team. The VNREDSat-1 system is based on the Astrium operational AstroSat100 satellite, used for the SSOT programme developed with Chile or the ALSAT-2 satellite system developed with Algeria. The 120 kg satellite will image at 2.5 m in panchromatic mode and 10 m in multi-spectral mode (four bands) with a 17.5 km swath, and will orbit at 600–700 km in a sun synchronous orbit.
Launch
The satellite was launched from ELV at Guiana Space Centre by a Vega rocket at 02:06:31 UTC on 7 May 2013 together with the Proba-V and ESTCube-1 satellites.