EO Satellites andRemote sensing applications in Vietnam
Vu Anh Tuan vatuan@vnsc.org.vn

Overview• Remote sensing organizations in Vietnam• Space projects in Vietnam– VNREDSat-1– Vietnam Space Center project– LOTUSat specification• Remote Sensing applications• Looking forward• SummaryOrganizations
Research Oriented

Application- Oriented

VAST
institutions

MARD

PrivatesectorOthersServiceLocal gov.

SoftwareCompany

MONRE
Universities
MODOrganizations
VNSC(VietnamNationalSatelliteCenter)

Institute of
GeoSciences

Institute ofGeography

STI (SpaceTechnologyInstitute)

Institute ofPhysicVASTSouthOthers

Organiztions

MARD
FIPI (Forestinventory andplanninginstitute)

NIAP(NationalInstitute ofAgriculturalPlanning andProjection)

DMC(Disastermanagementcenter)

MONRE
Directorate ofremotesensing

OtherSpace project

VINASAT-1••••

Launch date: 18 April 2008
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin
Lifetime: >15 years
Mass: 2,637 kg

VINASAT-2••••

Launch date: 15 May 2012
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin
Lifetime: >15 years
Mass: 2,969 kg

Space Project• 2007: Ground stationof SPOT (Hanoi) –MONRE• 2011-2013:
VNREDSat-1– Launch: 2013
– 120 kg
– 680 km

• 2012-2012: Vietnam
Space Center– LOTUSat 1 and 2

Space Project
VNREDSat-1• Funded by French ODA• Mass: 120 kg• Mission lifetime: 5 years• Launched in May 2013

 Nearly 40,000 images taken by VNREDSat-1
 Disaster image data provided to other member
countries of Sentinel AsiaVNSC Project

Location: Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, Hanoi
Duration: 2012 - 2020
Total investment: 54,4 billion Jap. Yen (ODA Fund)
Executing Agency: VNSCVNSC Project

Infrastructure/Facility

HumanResource

Management Center and S/C Control CenterTechnologytransfer/
Satellite

Public Education Center

VNSC Project Human resource development Small satellite development
 Remote sensing technology
 Construction of infrastructure Assembling, integration & test facility of small satellite
 Data image receiving and processing facility
 Research and education facility Technology transfer
 Small earth observation satellite Satellite image data utilization

VNSC Project• 2009: 1st project of EOS: VNREDSat 1• 2011: VNSC project

2022:
LOTUSat 2

2019:
LOTUSat 1
2013:
VNREDSat 112

VNSC ProjectSatellite

Type2015

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

VNREDSat 1 Multispectral
LOTUSat 1SAR

LOTUSat 2SAR

Application

20212022

LOTUSat Spec.

LOTUSat Spec.

Application
Satellite

Type2015

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

VNREDSat 1 Multispectral
LOTUSat 1SAR

LOTUSat 2SAR

Application

2021

2022

Application• Potential application

Disastermanagement

Agriculture

Topography

LOTUSatGeology andSoild

Land use/
Land coverApplication• Potential application

Forestry

Watermanagement

Environment

LOTUSatOceanography

Planning

Application at VNSC
• Natural resource management,
supporting territory planning:– Forestry (forest mapping, forestchange, biomass)– Land and water management– Ocean resource and environment
studies, coastal zone management– Urban management; Agriculture• Satellite Image processing
algorithm and softwaredevelopment• Training activities in remotesensing and GIS

Application at VNSC
Application &Research

Territory
management

Resource
management

Large scale
applications
Climatechange

Ocean
Application

Environment

Disastermanagement
Agriculture/Forestry

2013

2017

2020

Looking forward• The need: Potential application need to become real application• The challenges:– Human resources– Finance– Technology

Thank you!

Why Vietnam needs SAR satellites
2
Wide EEZ (nearly 750,000 km ) needs to be monitored

Optical sensor satellites:
Unable to operate during night time andcloudinessSAR sensor satellites:
Operate under all weather andnight time

Cloudiness rate:< 10%
10% - 25%
25% - 75%
> 75%

Image statistics by VNREDSat-1
from 14 Aug. 2014 to 14 Sep. 2014

An image taken by VNREDSat-1
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LOTUSat-1&2 - SAR sensor satellites(VAST/VNSC)

Mass: ~600kg
SSO Dawn-Dusk orbit ~ 500 km
Lifetime: >5 years
Size: Approx. 1.5m x 1.5m x 3m

LOTUSat-1/2

LOTUSat-1: AIT in Japan

Tentative launch date

LOTUSat-2: AIT in Vietnam

LOTUSat-1: 2018-2019
LOTUSat-2: 2021-2022
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“Made-in-Vietnam” Satellites(VAST/VNSC)

2018-2022(600 kg)2016-2017(6-10 kg)2013-2017(50 kg)2013(1 kg)
LOTUSat-2

2011
Start

MicroDragon

PicoDragon

NanoDragon25