Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, will be launched
into orbit on May 4 from the Kourou launch pad, Guyana, France.
On April 25, Deputy Director of the Space
Technology under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and
Deputy Head of the VNREDSat-1 project Bui Trong Tuyen released the
information provided by Arianespace company (France), which is the
contractor of the VNREDSat-1 project.
VNREDSat-1 is
capable of capturing images of all areas in the world and it is expected
to assist efforts to deal with flooding, forest fire, oil
overflow…quickly and effectively.
The VNREDSat-1
project has a total investment of 55.8 million EUR sourced by the French
government’s Official Development Assistance and the Vietnamese
side’s contribution of nearly 65 billion VND (around 3.2 million USD).-VNA