Vinasat-1
Sign in to saveVinasat-1 (stylized all uppercase) is a satellite launched by Vietnam, marking a significant achievement for the nation. The launch took place on April 18, 2008, at 22:17 GMT, using an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, facilitated by Arianespace. Vinasat is the national satellite program of Vietnam, aimed to facilitate telecommunications links in the country.
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Vinony's link graph records 90 inbound references to Vinasat-1, and connects out to Ariane 5, A2100 and International Telecommunication Union.
It sits within the topics 2008 in Vietnam, Communications satellites in geostationary orbit and First artificial satellites of a country.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- VINASAT-1
- Spaceflight.image
- VINASAT-1 Illustration.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- A rendering of VINASAT-1
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communications
- Spaceflight.operator
- VNPT
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2008-018A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 32767
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 15 years
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- A2100A
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Ariane 5ECA V182
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kourou ELA-3
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Arianespace
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 29 October 2013, 15:56:24 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Geostationary
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 0.02 degrees
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- communications satellite
- Country
- Vietnam
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- start point
- ELA-3
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2008-04-18
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- described at URL
- www.lyngsat.com/Vinasat-1.html
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Encyclopedic overview
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Vinasat-1 (stylized all uppercase) is a satellite launched by Vietnam, marking a significant achievement for the nation. The launch took place on April 18, 2008, at 22:17 GMT, using an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, facilitated by Arianespace. Vinasat is the national satellite program of Vietnam, aimed to facilitate telecommunications links in the country.
Vietnam hopes to achieve various economic benefits due to the improved telecommunications links that the satellite will provide. Vietnam also hopes to provide radio, television, and telephone access throughout the country via the satellite.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vinasat-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.