ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- During a princely trade mission, The Belgian Spacebel has signed pre-agreements with VAST, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology concerning the construction of a mini-satellite.
The agreement is the result of several years of negotiations, and was awarded to the Spacebel consortium in July 2011.
With this 100% Belgian satellite named VNREDSat-1b (Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment & Disaster Monitoring satellite) Vietnam will be able to monitor independently its territory and environment.
Weighing 130 kg, the small spacecraft will play an important role, amongst others, in the field of natural resources management (agriculture, forests), will ensure a better follow-up of climate changes, detect pollution in the seas, help to minimize the impact of natural disasters, etc.
“This first successful commercial sale confirms our skills in the field of small satellites,” states Spacebel.
(picture: Spacebel)
BACKGROUNDER
Spacebel is a software engineering company operating in the Space and Earth monitoring application sectors, serving space agencies, major aerospace prime companies, EU institutions and the commercial market. The company specializes in mission definition and analysis of EO microsats, and the design, development, integration, validation of IT space systems and geospatial information systems.
