MicroDragon was a satellite built by the Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC).
Satellite
MicroDragon satellite was the product of "Preventing natural disasters and climate change using Earth observation satellite" (Vietnamese: Phòng chống thiên tai và biến đổi khí hậu sử dụng vệ tinh quan sát Trái Đất) project.
It was manufactured by 36 Vietnamese engineers. It costed 600 million USD.
MicroDragon's weight and dimension were 50 kg (110 lb) and 50 × 50 × 50 cm (20 × 20 × 20 in), respectively.
The satellite was successfully launched on 18 January 2019, along with six Japanese satellites.
The satellite decayed on 1 October 2024.
See also
- PicoDragon
- NanoDragon
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