# LOTUSat-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Vietnam
- **operator**: vnsc
- **orbit type**: SSO ~500 km (planned)
- **platform**: nextar-300l
- **current status**: planned
- **swath km**: 50
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Vietnam and regional disaster/climate monitoring
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: vnsc
- **attributes**: {"country":"Vietnam","operator":"vnsc","orbit_type":"SSO ~500 km (planned)","platform":"nextar-300l","current_status":"planned","swath_km":50,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Vietnam and regional disaster/climate monitoring"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
LOTUSat-2 is Vietnam's planned sister X-band SAR Earth-observation mission for disaster monitoring, climate-change countermeasures, and flood mapping.[^gunters-lotusat] The mission is operated by the Vietnam National Space Center and is associated with the LOTUSat X-band SAR payload and a NEXTAR-300L heritage spacecraft bus.[^gunters-lotusat] It follows the LOTUSat programme scope established for Vietnam's SAR satellite system.[^nec-lotusat-order][^gunters-lotusat] As of 2026-06-21, LOTUSat-2 remains planned, with launch vehicle and launch date not authoritatively confirmed.[^gunters-lotusat][^jaxa-epsilon]

## Compositional position
- LOTUSat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> lotusat-x-sar (products)
- LOTUSat-2 --[mission_buses]--> nextar-300l (products)
- LOTUSat-2 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- LOTUSat-2 --[related-topic]--> flooding (topics)
- LOTUSat-2 --[related]--> epsilon-s (launch_services)

## Sources
- [nec-lotusat-order] | NEC receives order for LOTUSat-1 satellite system for Vietnam | https://www.nec.com/en/press/201904/global_20190426_01.html | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-21
- [gunters-lotusat] | LOTUSat 1, 2 - Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lotusat-1.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [jaxa-epsilon] | Epsilon Launch Vehicle - JAXA | https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/rockets/epsilon/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21

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