General information
Centre for Small Satellite Control and Exploitation under the Vietnam National Space Center is in charge of of managing, operating, controlling and exploiting the Earth observation small satellite systems of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
- Internnational Trading Name: Centre for Small Satellite Control and Exploitation
- Abbreviation: CSCE – VNSC
- Head Office: A6 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi
Directorate
- Head of Department/Director (including academic title and degree): PhD. Ngo Duy Tan
- Deputy Head of Department/ Vice Directors (including academic title and degree):
Functions and Tasks
- Management, operation, control and exploitation of the VNREDSat-1 the Earth observation small satellite system and satellites replacing or succeeding VNREDSat-1;
- Preparing and implementing small Earth observation satellite projects of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology;
- Advanced techniques researching and developing to support the efficient exploitation of Earth observation satellite systems;
- Technologies researching, developing and applying in term of:
- Research, design and develop platforms for flying devices for research and monitoring from air;
- Basic and advanced research on methods, control algorithms and data processing for control and navigation problems, sensor data processing and communication;
- Research and application of electronics, microcircuits and semiconductors in aerospace;
- Research and development and application of space situational awareness technologies;
- Research and development and application of radio-based positioning technologies;
- Managing and exploiting the remote sensing image database of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology:
- Updating remote sensing image data obtained from the VNREDSat-1 system, other satellite systems, and remote sensing imaging equipments of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology;
- Building and developing remote sensing image processing techniques to enhance the information value of the image database;
- Being the contact point for providing, exchanging, and updating image data from the image database to the National remote sensing image database;
- Managing the image database that is ready for exploitation to serve scientific research, training, etc.
- Implement projects, applied research topics and research implementation to master advanced technologies, effectively exploit Earth observation satellites of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
- Cooperate with universities, academies, institutes, and domestic and international science and technology centers to train and develop high-quality human resources to serve research and application of space technology.
- Perform other tasks and powers assigned by the Center’s Directorate.
Contact information:
- Head of Department/Director: PhD. Ngo Duy Tan
- Address: A22 Building, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi
- Email: ndtan@vnsc.vast.vn
Human Resources
– Total: 11
– Professors: 0 – Associate Professors: 0 – Doctors of Science:0 |
– Doctors: 3
– Masters: 8 – Bachelors: 0 – Others: |
Research field:
– Operation and exploitation of earth observation satellites.
– Satellite technology research and development.
– Application of remote sensing data in socio-economic development
Ongoing and completed projects/Topic
No. | Name | Level | Duration |
1 | Research on mastering the technological process of controlling small Earth observation satellites and proposing regulations on safe and effective operation and exploitation of VNREDSat-1 satellite | State | 2013-2016 |
2 | Research on manufacturing hexapod antenna system for Earth observation satellites | State | 2018-2020 |
3 | Research on a new method for determining and controlling the attitude of Earth observation satellites based on attitude representation using Pivot parameters | VAST | 2018-2019 |
4 | Research and proposal of inverse calibration model for optical system of small Earth observation satellite using artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms | VAST | 2018-2019 |
5 | Building a Remote Sensing Database System of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology | VAST | 2016-2020 |
6 | Application of remote sensing and GIS technology to create maps of saline soil in some areas of Dong Nai province | VAST | 2020-2021 |
7 | Application of remote sensing technology in marine vegetation research in Phu Qui, Tho Chu and Nam Du islands | VAST | 2018-2020 |
8 | Research on joint exploitation of two satellite systems VNREDSat-1 and BKA | VAST | 2016-2018 |
9 | Determination of soil salinity index using remote sensing images | STI | 2020 |
10 | Research, development and testing of S-band antenna directivity measurement system | STI | 2020 |
11 | Design and simulation of X-band relay loudspeaker for earth observation satellite | STI | 2020 |
12 | Update the Remote Sensing Database System of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. | VAST | 2021-2023 |
13 | Application of remote sensing and GIS technology to create maps of saline soil in some areas of Dong Nai province | VAST | 2020-2022 |
14 | Research and development of Chlorophyll-a algorithm for VNREDSat-1 images and equivalents | VAST | 2021-2023 |
15 | Research, design and manufacture of 6-degree-of-freedom self-aligning oscillation isolator for high-precision optical payload applications. | VAST | 2022-2024 |
16 | Research on selecting sun glare correction algorithm on VNREDSat-1, Sentinel-2 images using data source collected from marine survey by Academician Oparin 8 ship | VAST | 2023-2024 |
Scientific publication:
STT | Tên bài báo | Tác giả | Tên tạp chí | Năm công bố |
1 | A New Approach for Small Satellite Gyroscope and Star Tracker Fusion | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Indian Journal of Science and Technolog | 2016 |
2 | Site evaluation for Earth observation ground station | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Latest Research in Engineering and Technology,
Vol 2-Issue 6, ISSN: 2454-5031 |
2016 |
3 | Link quality evaluation and maintaining reliable radio link for Earth observation system | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk |
International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering (IJECCE) |
2017 |
4 | Nghiên cứu và đề xuất giải pháp nâng cao năng lực và hiệu quả cung cấp dữ liệu của hệ thống VNREDSat-1 | Chu Xuân Huy và nnk | Tạp chí Khoa học Đo đạc và Bản đồ | 2017 |
5 | Xác định quỹ đạo vệ tinh viễn thám phù hợp với điều kiện Việt Nam.
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Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Tạp chí Khoa học đo đạc và bản đồ | 2017 |
6 | Thiết kế hệ thống quan sát đối tượng từ xa phục vụ công tác cứu hộ cứu nạn | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Tạp khí Khoa học kỹ thuật mỏ -địa chất | 2018 |
7 | Proposed design of a fault-tolerance attitude estimator for small earth observation satellite
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Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Mechanical Engineering & Technology (IJMET) | 2018 |
8 | Study on the needs and proposal for high and very high resolution satellite remote sensing systems in Viet Nam | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Civil Engineering & Technology (IJCIET) | 2018 |
9 | Modelling and simulation of S-band telemetry data decoding for low earth observation satellite | Nguyễn Trung Dũng và nnk | International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Technology (IJECET) | 2018 |
10 | Study on process coordination capability for earth surface imaging via Vnredsat-1 of Vietnam and BKA of Belarus | Bùi Doãn Cường và nnk | Proceedings of the national academy of sciences of Belarus, Physical technical series 2018. | 2018 |
11 | Phân tích quỹ đạo hoạt động để đánh giá khả năng phối hợp chụp ảnh của hệ thống vệ tinh nhỏ, thử nghiệm với vệ tinh Vnredsat-1 và BKA. | Bùi Doãn Cường và nnk | Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam 2018 | 2018 |
12 | Study Method for testing image quality of optical remote sensing satellite of VietNam | Nguyễn Minh Ngọc và nnk | Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation (JAMC) | 2018 |
13 | Design and Implementation of An Integrated Industrial Cloud-Based Measurement and Control System | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878 |
2019 |
14 | Orbit design for an Earth observation satellite in coordination with VNREDSat-1 for minimal combined revisit time over Vietnam | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering& Management (IJAREM). 2456-2033
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2019 |
15 | Image quality estimation for satellite optival instrument using calibration site in Vietnam | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR). 2320-5407 |
2019 |
16 | Radiometric calibration for earth observation satellite optical instrument | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Communication in Physics. ISSN: 0868-3166
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2019 |
17 | Nghiên cứu và thiết kế bệ đỡ kiểu hexapod cho hệ thống anten bám theo vệ tinh nhỏ quan sát trái đất. | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Tự động hoá ngày nay.
ISSN: 1859-0551 |
2019 |
18 | Pivot vectors and their application in satellite attitude estimation
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Trần Anh Đức và nnk | Hội nghị – Triển lãm quốc tế lần thứ 5 về Điều khiển và tự động hóa VCCA-2019 ISBN: 978-604-95-0875-2 |
2019 |
19 | Image deconvolution for optical small satellite with deep learning and real time GPU acceleration | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Journal of Real-Time Image Processing | 2021 |
20 | A Novel Approach for Pivot-based Sensor Fusion of Small Satellites | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Physical Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2020.101261 |
2021 |
21 | Research and Development of a Hexapod Tracking Controller for VNREDSat-1 Satellite | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development – ISSN 2581-7175 | 2021 |
22 | Estimation of modulation transfer function for the Vietnamese satellite VNREDSat-1 by using the permanent test site | Nguyễn Minh Ngọcvà nnk | Current problems in remote sensing of the Earth from space. ISSN 2411-0280 | 2021 |
23 | Image quality computation and its application for Earth observation optical satellite | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology | 2021 |
24 | Sử dụng chỉ số viễn thám phát hiện mất rừng trên ảnh sentinel-2 tại tỉnh Thừa Thiên – Huế | Nguyễn Minh Ngọcvà nnk | Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ Lâm nghiệp. ISSN 1859 – 3828 | 2021 |
25 | Nghiên cứu đề xuất phương pháp đánh giá chất lượng phổ sản phẩm ảnh vệ tinh quang học độ phân giải cao | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Tạp chí Khoa học Tài Nguyên và Môi trường ISSN 0886-7608 | 2021 |
26 | Examining the influence of saltwater tntrusion on mangrove biomass in the Can Gio biosphere reserve (1993-2023): Insights from sun-glint corrected satellite imagery | Chu Xuân Huy và nnk | Applied Ecology and Environmental Research.
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2023 |
27 | Crop Response to Disease and Water Scarcity Quantified by Normalized Difference Latent Heat Index | Lê Mai Sơn và nnk | IEEE ACCESS. ISSN: 2169-3536.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3283033. |
2023 |
28 | A Proposed CNN Model for Audio Recognition on Embedded Device | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies
DOI: 10.3991/ijim.v18i08.45917 |
2024 |
29 | Calculation and simulation of low Earth satellite orbit using least-squares method and on-board GPS data: case study of VNREDSat-1 satellite | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Tạp chí Nghiên cứu KH&CN quân sự
DOI: |
2024 |
Patents:
1 | Phương pháp điều khiển bệ hexapod định hướng anten bám theo vệ tinh nhỏ quan sát trái đất trên quỹ đạo cực | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Cục sở hữu trí tuệ | 2021 |
2 | Hệ thống quan sát đối tượng từ xa dạng quả cầu | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Cục sở hữu trí tuệ | 2022 |
Book:
1 | Công nghệ vệ tinh | Ngô Duy Tân và nnk | Nhà xuất bản Khoa học và kỹ thuật | 2007 |
Training – Cooperation
Undergraduate and postgraduate training: VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Electric Power University, Graduate University of Science and Technology,…
Products:
Photos:
Diagram of VNREDSat-1 Earth observation satellite system
The engineering team of the VNREDSat-1 project took a photo with the leaders of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology in Toulouse (France).
Engineers involved in the design, assembly and testing of the VNREDSat-1 satellite
Operation during orbit calibration and image quality
Official handover ceremony of VNREDSat-1 system (September 4, 2013)
VNREDSat-1 satellite image for sea and island monitoring (2015)
VNREDSat-1 photo during the hydroelectric dam collapse in Hoang Mai town, Nghe An (October 4, 2013)
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Training and technology transfer activities in Dong Nai
Research on ground station deployment locations for Earth observation satellites