Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
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Centre for Small Satellite Control and Exploitation

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

DOI:10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i17/93163

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11554-021-01113-y

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.

 

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:

https://doi.org/10.54939/1859-1043.j.mst.100.2024.54-61

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)

Training and technology transfer activities in Dong Nai

Research on ground station deployment locations for Earth observation satellites

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