NEC to provide Vietnam with “LOTUSat-1” Earth observation satellite system:
Tokyo, Japan, April 23, 2020 –
NEC Corporation
today announced that it received an order from Sumitomo Corporation for the manufacture and launch of the “LOTUSat-1” Earth observation satellite system for the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) (*1).
The order also includes development of a ground system and local human capacity building programs related to satellite development processes, and is expected to be worth approximately 20 billion yen.
The satellite
is scheduled to launch around 2023 and will contribute to measures against natural disasters and climate change in Vietnam
as the first satellite system that NEC provides outside of Japan.
NEC will provide a completed ground system, including
a 9 meter-diameter parabolic antenna, satellite control center,
mission data utilization center
user interface which is based on NEC’s “GroundNEXTAR” (*4) software package.
The system will be installed at a space center in Hoa Lac being established and operated by the VNSC.
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