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First published1980 - first Vietnamese astronaut/cosmonaut into space on Soviet spacecraft
2008 - first telecommunications satellite (VINASAT-1) built by US company and launched on European rocket
- 2012 - first educational/scientific cube satellite (F-1) built jointly with and launched by Japan;
- second telecommunications satellite (VINASAT-2) built by US and launched on European rocket
- 2013 - first domestically built remote-sensing (RS)/technology-demonstrator cube satellite (PicoDragon) launched by Japan;
- first RS satellite (VNREDSat-1a or Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment, and Disaster Monitoring Satellite) launched on European rocket
2016 - signed an agreement with India to establish a satellite tracking and imaging center in Ho Chi Minh City in exchange for access to Indian RS imagery
2018 - completed National Space Center in Hanoi
- 2021 - announced a developmental roadmap for producing “Made in Vietnam” small satellites as part of a larger effort to increase space sciences and technology through 2030;
- signed an agreement with Japan to increase cooperation on space defense
1980 - first Vietnamese astronaut/cosmonaut into space on Soviet spacecraft
2008 - first telecommunications satellite (VINASAT-1) built by US company and launched on European rocket
2012 - first educational/scientific cube satellite (F-1) built jointly with and launched by Japan; second telecommunications satellite (VINASAT-2) built by US and launched on European rocket
2013 - first domestically built remote-sensing (RS)/technology-demonstrator cube satellite (PicoDragon) launched by Japan; first RS satellite (VNREDSat-1a or Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment, and Disaster Monitoring Satellite) launched on European rocket
2016 - signed an agreement with India to establish a satellite tracking and imaging center in Ho Chi Minh City in exchange for access to Indian RS imagery
2018 - completed National Space Center in Hanoi
2021 - announced a developmental roadmap for producing “Made in Vietnam” small satellites as part of a larger effort to increase space sciences and technology through 2030; signed an agreement with Japan to increase cooperation on space defense
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