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NanoDragon

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

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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	jaxa-epsilon
Launched	2021-11-09
orbit type	Sun-synchronous orbit; public summaries cite about 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	AIS maritime monitoring and CubeSat technology demonstration
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— nanodragon-ais-receiver payload

this ——— nanodragon-optical-camera payload

this ——— NanoDragon 3U CubeSat bus bus

this ——— Vessel tracking related-topic

this ——— maritime-domain-awareness related-topic

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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