Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, has captured 3,661 images since it came under the country's control on Sept 4, 2013, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. The satellite was launched into orbit on May 7, 2013, from...
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Control of Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, has been officially handed over to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) four months after its launch, local media reported Thursday. Read More
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
On 7th May 2013, e2v high performance image sensors were launched into space on-board Vietnam's first optical Earth observation satellite, the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite (VNRED Sat-1). The satellite was carried into orbit...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Astrium is prime contractor for the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment, Disaster Satellite, the first Vietnamese Earth observation satellite. The Astrium-built VNREDSat-1 was launched on May 7th from Kourou. The pictures show Hanoi’s Red River (Vietnam) and the...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
The second Vega rocket flight has successfully launched the Vietnamese satellite VNREDSat-1, built by Astrium. The small Vega rocket took off from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:06 GMT on 7 May (03:06 BST,...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Vietnam's first Earth observation satellite is set for launch Friday by French aerospace company Astrium under a 2010 contract. The VNREDSat-1, developed and built by Astrium, is an optical satellite capable of taking images of the Earth...
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports SPOT-6 imagery within its software suite. SPOT-6, a new satellite built and operated by Astrium was launched on...
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Arianespace and Astrium today signed the launch contract for the VNREDSat-1A Earth observation satellite, on behalf of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology. This ceremony was attended by ESA’s Director General and by representatives of the...
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Astrium Services and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) signed two agreements in Istanbul on 19 October 2012 to develop high-resolution and large-area coverage services in Turkey, notably for agriculture. The agreements cover a SPOT New Generation receiving station and...
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Astrium Services has posted the first images from the SPOT 6 satellite, just 3 days after its launch on 9 September.
SPOT 6 will assure continuity of data from the series of satellites operating since 1986, along...
