Satellite rollouts mark major steps forward for Vietnam’s aerospace industry
September 11, 2021 | 12:59
NanoDragon, a nano-layer cubesat satellite developed by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, is scheduled to be launched into orbit from Japan on October 1.
Europe's exoplanet hunter set for blast-off from Earth
December 18, 2019 | 16:56
Europe's CHEOPS planet-hunting satellite was set to leave Earth on Wednesday (Dec 18), a day after its lift-off was delayed by a technical rocket glitch during the final countdown.
NASA satellite finds crashed Indian Moon lander
December 03, 2019 | 08:52
A NASA satellite orbiting the Moon has found India's Vikram lander which crashed on the lunar surface in September, the US space agency said Monday.
China, France launch satellite to study climate change
October 30, 2018 | 09:37
BEIJING: China sent its first ever satellite built in partnership with another country into space on Monday (Oct 29), a device tasked with helping scientists better predict dangerous cyclones and climate change by monitoring ocean surface winds and waves.
Vietnam to launch first earth observation satellite this year
February 23, 2013 | 09:48
The government has approved a plan to launch a small satellite into orbit under the proposal by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), one official said.
Vietnam looks to stars
September 24, 2012 | 09:37
A milestone in Vietnam’s nascent space industry has been achieved as construction commenced last week on the country’s first-ever space centre at Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Hi- Tech Park, with financial support from Japan.
US, France mark 50th anniversary of first TV satellite
July 13, 2012 | 09:10
Fifty years ago Thursday, a beach ball-sized satellite carried the first live television images across the Atlantic, kicking off a new era of global communications decades before the Internet.
VNPT seeking for capital to boost Vinasat-2 satellite project
August 15, 2011 | 10:14
The Vietnam Posts and Communications Group (VNPT) is in desperate need of $350 million to invest in its Vinasat-2 satellite project.
Japan to fund Vietnam's satellite project
January 04, 2011 | 18:00
The Japanese government has decided to provide funding for developing countries’ space satellite projects under its official development assistance, government sources say.
Vietnamese enterprise successfully manufactures picosatellite
October 22, 2010 | 11:18
A group of young staff at the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technologies (FPT) has shown initial success in researching and manufacturing a picosatellite. Now Vietnam can aspire to join the space technology market.
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