VN to launch first remote sensing satellite

VGP – Satellite VNRED Sat-1, the first remote sensing satellite of Viet Nam valued at over US$70 million, will be launched into space on May 3, according to the Viet Nam Institute of Space Technology.

April 25, 2013 5:35 PM GMT+7

VNRED Sat-1 was transported to the launching base in Kourou, French Guiana on March 8.

It will then connect with the remote sensing satellite image receiving, storing and processing system run by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to form a completed system.

With this satellite, high-resolution satellite images will be proactively supplied for ministries, sectors, provinces and cities to serve their natural resources and environmental management and monitoring of natural disasters.

VNRED Sat-1’s life span is five years.

By Ngoc Van