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NanoDragon

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NanoDragon was a 3U CubeSat technology-demonstration mission launched on 2021-11-09 aboard Epsilon-5.^[1] The spacecraft carried an AIS receiver and an optical camera while also supporting advanced CubeSat onboard-computer demonstration work.^[2] With a mass of about 4 kg, the mission addressed AIS vessel monitoring, attitude-control optical-camera testing, and smallsat avionics demonstration.^[3] The mission ended in 2021.^[3]

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current status	Ended
operator	Vietnam National Space Center
platform	NanoDragon 3U CubeSat bus
launch vehicle	Epsilon launch vehicle
Launched	2021-11-09
orbit type	Sun-synchronous orbit; public summaries cite about 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	AIS maritime monitoring and CubeSat technology demonstration
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

built on platform NanoDragon 3U CubeSat bus

operated by Vietnam National Space Center

related to Vessel tracking

Sources

[1]Launch results of Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 aboard Epsilon-5, JAXAagency doc2026-06-21
[2]Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2, JAXA Research and Development Directorateagency doc2026-06-21
[3]NanoDragon, Wikipediacommunity2026-06-21

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

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