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VNREDSAT 1
Earth Observation · VAST / Vietnam
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Vietnam's first satellite monitors Vietnam's coastline — among the world's most dynamically changing — tracks typhoon damage, and monitors the Mekong Delta where rising sea levels threaten the rice-growing region feeding millions. Vietnam's entry into satellite operation came just as climate threats made the capability most urgently needed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 423–424 mi (681–683 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 98.2 minutes14.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39160
- Int’l designator
- 2013-021B
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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