Department of Satellite Research and Development

General information:

Department of Research and Development of Satellite Technology

Directorate

Head of Department/Director: Ngô Duy Tân

Functions and Tasks

Functions: The Department of Research and Development of Satellite Technology is a unit under the Vietnam National Space Center with the functions of fundamental research, technology development, international cooperation and training in the fields of satellite technology, ground station technology and other related fields.
Tasks:

Research and develop small satellite technology for earth observation.
Research and develop ground station technology.
Research, design and manufacture automatic control systems in satellite technology.
Manage, exploit and utilize assigned assets and equipment effectively and economically.
Provide scientific and technological services in the fields of space technology, satellite technology, ground station technology, and related areas.
International cooperation and training in the fields of space technology, satellite technology, ground station technology and other related fields.
Perform other tasks assigned by the Directorate of VNSC.

Contact information:

Head of Department/Director: Dr. Ngo Duy Tan
Address: 3rd Floor, A22 Building, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Email: ndtan@vnsc.org.vn

Human Resources:

– Total: 6

– Professors: 0

– Associate Professors: 0

– Doctors of Science: 0

– Doctors: 1

– Masters: 3

– Bachelors: 2

– Others:

Research field:

Ongoing and completed projects/Topic:

VAST 08 Project: “Research and use of TinyML for direct cloud image filtering on the central processing board of micro satellites.” Project code: vast08.05/25-26.

Institure level project: “Development of a tool for calculating low-orbit satellite orbits.” Project code: CNVT 24.CS03.

Institure level project: “Research, testing, and calculation of the conversion coefficient for 3 RGB image channels of optical payload to combine natural color images.” Project code: CNVT21.CS05.

National Space Technology Program 2016-2020: “Research, design, manufacture, and testing of ultra-high frequency l-band spectrometers and optical payloads in the visible and near-infrared spectrum compatible with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment for remote sensing research.” Project code: VT-CN.03/17-20.

Scientific publication:

Domestic Journal Articles

Nr.	Name of Publication	Journal	Year
1	Calculation and simulation of low Earth satellite orbit using least-squares method and on-board GPS data: case study of VNREDSat-1 satellite	Military Science and Technology Research, 100 (2024), 54-61	2024

Reports on national/international conferences

Nr.	Name of Publication	Journal	Year
1	“Accurate calculation of VNREDSat-1 satellite orbit based on GPS data using least squares method”	Collection of scientific conference reports on information technology, electronics, automation, space science and technology at the Conference of 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam Academy Of Science and Technology	2025
2	“Research on surveying the optical reflectance spectrum characteristics correlated with the growth process and quality of tea plants using reflectance spectroscopy.”	Scientific conference celebrating the 45th anniversary of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	2020

Intellectual Property (Patents, Utility Solutions)

Utility Solution No. 2934, according to Decision No. 7873/QĐ-SHTT dated May 19, 2022.

Training – Cooperation

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Training:

Electric Power University – Public University: Faculty of Control and Automation;
University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH): Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Space and Applications;
University of Engineering and Technology – Vietnam National University, Hanoi: Faculty of Telecommunications and Electronics;
Participation in master’s and doctoral training programs.

Research Directions for Graduate Students and PhD Candidates:

Research and develop of satellite ground station technology: electronics, telecommunications, signal processing;
Circuit design and analog and digital signal processing;
FPGA engineering and embedded systems;
Satellite-based positioning systems;
Research and development of payloads and computers for satellites;
Application of artificial intelligence in satellite systems.

International cooperation:

Partners and space technology organizations such as: APRSAF, GISTDA (Thailand), French Republic, Japan, etc.

Products:


Airborne reflectance spectrometer	Handheld spectrometer

Reflection spectrometer mounted on UAV	Optical payload in visible, near infrared range