Vietnam masters space technology, opens new space centerVietNamNet Bridge - The National Satellite Center, which regulates activities related to space and satellite, will be renamed Vietnam Space Center on July 17. It is the country’s leading science & technology center and ASEAN's leading space center with modern technical infrastructure and facilities.The center includes four campuses in three large cities. In the near future, Vietnam plans to launch LOTUSat-1 radar satellite in 2019 and LOTUSat-2 in 2022. The Space Center of Vietnam is built to serve all three fields - satellite technology, applications and space science, with four infrastructure facilities in Hoa Lac, Hanoi, HCMC and Nha Trang. In 2016, the construction and preparatory works for the space center were carried out as planned.

Source: VietNamNet News July 14, 2017 01:07 UTC