Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) for the production of an Earth observation mini-satellite to be launched in 2017. After several years of negotiations, the SPACEBEL consortium was selected in July of 2011 on the basis of their technical proposal and also due to the continuous support of the Belgian Government, both at the Federal and regional levels. With this 100 percent Belgian satellite named VNREDSat-1b (Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment & Disaster Monitoring satellite), Vietnam will be able to independently monitor its territory and environment. Weighing 130kg, the small spacecraft will play an important role in the field of natural resources management (agriculture, forests), will ensure a better follow-up and prediction of climate changes, pollution detection in the seas, as well as help to minimize the impact of natural disasters, and so on.
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