missions

LOTUSat-1

Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-21. Not independently verified by Vietnam National Space Center.

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LOTUSat-1 is Vietnam's planned national X-band SAR Earth-observation mission for disaster monitoring, climate-change countermeasures, and flood mapping.^[1] The mission is operated by the Vietnam National Space Center and uses the LOTUSat X-band SAR payload on an NEC NEXTAR-300L / ASNARO-2 heritage spacecraft bus.^[1]^[2] As of 2026-06-21, LOTUSat-1 remains a planned mission with Epsilon S launch timing unresolved after motor-test failures.^[3]^[4]

Full specification

All fields

current status	planned
operator	Vietnam National Space Center
platform	nextar-300l
launch vehicle	epsilon-s
orbit type	SSO ~500 km (planned)
swath km	50
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Vietnam and regional disaster/climate monitoring
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— lotusat-x-sar payload

this ——— NEC NEXTAR-300L bus bus

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Flooding related-topic

Sources

[1]NEC receives order for LOTUSat-1 satellite system for Vietnamoperator press2026-06-21
[2]LOTUSat 1, 2 - Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[3]Epsilon Launch Vehicle - JAXAagency doc2026-06-21
[4]The engine of Japan's flagship new small rocket explodes during a test for a second timethird party2026-06-21

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