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LOTUSat-1

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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]

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current status	Planned
operator	Vietnam National Space Center
platform	NEC NEXTAR-300L bus
launch vehicle	Epsilon S
orbit type	SSO ~500 km (planned)
swath km	50
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Vietnam and regional disaster/climate monitoring
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

built on platform NEC NEXTAR-300L bus

operated by Vietnam National Space Center

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Flooding

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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LOTUSat-1. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/lotusat-1 (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:lotusat-1,
  title = {LOTUSat-1},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/lotusat-1}
}