Vietnam Country Reporton GEOSS Related Activites

Dr. Vu Anh TUANVietnam National Space Center (VNSC)

Hanoi, September, 2017

Contents

• Background

• Programs and projects

• Remote sensing application related to GEOSS

• Vietnam Data Cube

• Conclusion

Background

• Strategy of Vietnam Space Technology (2006)

1. To form the national policy and legal frame for research, application and international cooperation on space technology, human resource policies;

2. To build the initial infrastructure for space technology ;

3. To plan and carry out a national science-technology program on space technology;

4. To master the manufacture technology of ground station, the small satellite technology;

5. To manufacture and launch some earth observation small satellites;

6. To apply the space science and technology

Background

• Organizations

Research -Oriented

VAST institutions

Universities

Application - Oriented

MARD

MONRE

MOD

Private sector

Service

Software

Others

Local gov.

Company

Background

VNSC (Vietnam National

Space Center)

STI (Space Technology Institute)

Institute of Geo-

Sciences

Institute of Geography

Institute of Physic

Others

• VAST’s instituitions

Background

MARD

FIPI (Forest inventory

and planning institute)

NIAP (National

Institute of Agricultural

Planning and Projection)

DMC (Disaster

management center)

MONRE

Directorate of remote

sensingOther

Projects and programs

• Project– VNREDSat 1

– Vietnam National Space Center (LOTUSat 1 & 2)

• Program– National program of

Space Technology and application research (operated by VAST)

2013: VNREDSat 1

2020: VNREDSat 1b and LOTUSat 1

2022: LOTUSat 2

Projects and Programs

• VNREDSat 1– The 1st optical earth-

observation satellite of Vietnam

– Mission: Earth observation in PAN and 4 MS bands (Blue, Green, Red, near Infrared)

– Revisit time: 3 days

– Orbit characteristics: SSO, 680 km altitude

– Local time of ascending node : 10:30 PM

– Spatial resolution: 2.5m (PAN) and 10m (MS)

– Platform: 600 mm x 570 mm x 500 mm

– Total mass: ~130kg

– Life-time: 5 years

Projects and Programs

• VNREDSat 1

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Acquisition of VNREDSat 1 after 1 year

Hanoi, May 9, 2013

Quang Ninh, 2015

Location: Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, Hanoi

Duration: 2012 - 2020

Total investment: 54,4 billion Jap. Yen (ODA Fund)

Executing Agency: VNSC

Projects and Programs

• VNSC project (LOTUSat 1)

Infrastructure/ Facility

Technology transfer/ Satellite

Human Resource

Projects and Programs

• VNSC project (LOTUSat 1)

Human resource development

Small satellite development

Remote sensing technology

Construction of infrastructure

Assembling, integration & test facility of small satellite

Data image receiving and processing facility

Research and education facility

Technology transfer

Small earth observation satellite

Satellite image data utilization

Projects and Programs

• VNSC project (LOTUSat 1)

Projects and Programs

• Program of research in Space technology

– Start 2008

– Phase 1: 2008 – 2011: 19 research projects, ~1.5 mil USD

– Phase 2: 2012-2015: 12 research projects , 1.8 mil USD

– Phase 3: 2017-2020: ~40 research projects, ~4 mil

Mostly focus on applications

Applications

GEOSS applications Situation

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sustainability Yes

Disaster Resilience Yes

Energy and Mineral Resource Management Limited

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Yes

Infrastructure and Transportation Management Limited

Public Health Surveillance Limited

Sustainable Urban Development Yes

Water Resources Management Yes

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Applications

• Common applications in Vietnam– Disaster management

– Topography

– Land use/ Land cover

– Geology and Soil

– Agriculture

– Forestry

– Water management

– Land use Planning

– Oceanography

– Environment

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Vietnam Data cube

• Under CEOS activities (http://ceos-cube.org/)

Vietnam Data cube

• Under CEOS activities (http://ceos-cube.org/)

• Under developing with the technical help from CSIRO (Australia)

• Expecting deployment: January 2018

(now demonstration version is available)

• Application:

– Forest monitoring

– Rice monitoring

– Water quality

Vietnam Data Cube

• For better sharing data in Vietnam

• Technology from CSIRO

• Data from Landsat, Sentinel, ALOS-2, LOTUSat

• Vietnam Data Cube ~ Radar (SAR) Data Cube

• Operated by VNSC

• Funded by VNSC

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Vietnam Data Cube

• Technology transfer:

– From CSIRO: 2 workshops for technology transferring

• Hard ware

– Server system from IMSG (200 TB)

– Installed already

– Ready to be launch!

• Application

– Forest monitoring: under development; Plan to be launched: January, 2018

– Rice monitoring: under development (will use the result from Dr. Nguyen’s research project); Plan to be launched: 2019

• Collaboration:

– Signed MOU with FIPI (will test and report the result of forest monitoring)

– Signed MOU with Jaxa (ALOS-2 data providing)

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Looking forward

Application Year Data used

Forest monitoring 2018 Landsat, Sentinel, ALOS-2

Rice monitoring 2019 Sentinel, ALOS-2, LOTUSat

Water monitoring (in land water surface)

2019 Landsat, Sentinel, ALOS-2, LOTUSat

Other crop monitoring (coffee, rubber…)

2020 Landsat, Sentinel, ALOS-2, LOTUSat

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Conclusions

• Vietnam has a chance to develop the application of EO

– Satellites

– Needs of users

• Efforts of Vietnam for the next steps:

– Data sharing

– Capacity building

– International collaboration

– Continuously invest into the EO

– Enhancement the private sector

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Thank you!

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