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May 14th, 2013

Astrium + VAST... First "Looks" @ 2.5m Resolution (Imagery)


[SatNews] Forty-eight hours after launch, Astrium has delivered the first...

...VNREDsat-1 images... 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 city of Melbourne (Australia) at a resolution of 2.5 metres.

Having reached its operational orbit, the satellite has now entered its in-orbit test phase. Official delivery to the customer, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technologies (VAST), will occur at the end of this phase. With VNREDSat-1, Astrium consolidates its position as the world’s leading exporter of Earth observation satellites.