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MicroDragon
Vietnamese artificial satellite From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MicroDragon was a satellite built by the Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC).
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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.[1]
It was manufactured by 36 Vietnamese engineers.[2] It costed 600 million USD.[3]
MicroDragon's weight and dimension were 50 kg (110 lb) and 50 × 50 × 50 cm (20 × 20 × 20 in), respectively.[4]
The satellite was successfully launched on 18 January 2019, along with six Japanese satellites.[1]
The satellite decayed on 1 October 2024.[5]
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