PicoDragon
Vietnam National Satellite Center | |
| COSPAR ID | 1998-067DB |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 39413 |
| Website | [1] Website of VNSC about Pico Dragon |
| Mission duration | Success and operation in 3 month in the space |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | VNSC |
| Launch mass | 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2:48 6/8/2013 Kounotori |
| Launch site | Tanegashima |
| Deployed from | ISS |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
PicoDragon is a small satellite that followed the 1U type of
It was the first product to be built in Vietnam in the space technology field. The target for this project is to co-operate in space technology development between
Specifications
- Size: 10 by 10 by 11.35 centimetres (3.94 in × 3.94 in × 4.47 in)[2]
- Weight: 0.983 kilograms (2.17 lb)
- Time operating: About 3 months
- Orbit
- High: 410 kilometres (250 mi)
- Inclination: 51.6 degrees
- Senses devices:
- CMOS camera (640 × 480 dpi) to take picture about Earth
- Contact by wireless link
- Broadcast station frequency about 437.250 MHz
- Telemetry downlink 1k2 bit/s AFSK 800 mW AX.25 about 437.365 MHz
- Very high frequency uplink use for control.
Journey
At 2:48 AM (
PicoDragon was a 1U CubeSat project designed for low resolution Earth imagery and to test on-board systems.[4]
On 19 November 2013 (Vietnamese time), PicoDragon was launched into orbit by the
Future
PicoDragon's mission has been deemed sufficient, and in its 3-month orbit, it transmitted an advertising signal "PicoDragon Vietnam" (PicoDragon Việt Nam) to ground-based radio stations.
According to professor Pham Anh Tuan, director of VNSC, after PicoDragon, Vietnam will build more satellites with larger sizes (10 kilograms (22 lb) in 2015 and 50 kilograms (110 lb) in 2017) and will launch a 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) satellite to observe the Earth from space in 2020.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Pico Dragon". eoportal.org. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Profile of the PicoDragon satellite". Vietnam National Space Center. October 11, 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "HTV4 (KOUNOTORI 4) Mission Press Kit" (PDF). JAXA. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter D. "PicoDragon"". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "List of deployed CubeSats using J-SSOD". JAXA. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "PicoDragon completed its mission (Vietnamese)". VTC News. 7 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2 April 2023.