“Made in Vietnam” NanoDragon satellite is scheduled to be launched into orbit on October 7, announced Assoc. Prof., Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, General Director of the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
The launch of the locally-produced NanoDragon microsatellite, which had been slated to take place at 8 a.m. on October 1, has been postponed due to unknown reasons.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has cancelled the launch of its Epsilon 5 rocket, expected to carry Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite and eight others into the outer space, on October 1, possibly due to technical problems.
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