# NanoDragon
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Vietnam
- **operator**: vnsc
- **actual launch**: 2021-11-09
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit; public summaries cite about 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination
- **platform**: nanodragon-3u-cubesat-bus
- **launch vehicle**: jaxa-epsilon
- **current status**: ended
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: AIS maritime monitoring and CubeSat technology demonstration
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: vnsc
- **attributes**: {"country":"Vietnam","operator":"vnsc","actual_launch":"2021-11-09","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit; public summaries cite about 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination","platform":"nanodragon-3u-cubesat-bus","launch_vehicle":"jaxa-epsilon","current_status":"ended","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"AIS maritime monitoring and CubeSat technology demonstration"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
NanoDragon was a 3U CubeSat technology-demonstration mission launched on 2021-11-09 aboard Epsilon-5.[^jaxa-epsilon5-launch] The spacecraft carried an AIS receiver and an optical camera while also supporting advanced CubeSat onboard-computer demonstration work.[^jaxa-kakushin-2] With a mass of about 4 kg, the mission addressed AIS vessel monitoring, attitude-control optical-camera testing, and smallsat avionics demonstration.[^wiki-nanodragon] The mission ended in 2021.[^wiki-nanodragon]

## Compositional position
- NanoDragon --[mission_payloads]--> nanodragon-ais-receiver (products)
- NanoDragon --[mission_payloads]--> nanodragon-optical-camera (products)
- NanoDragon --[mission_buses]--> nanodragon-3u-cubesat-bus (products)
- NanoDragon --[related-topic]--> vessel-tracking (topics)
- NanoDragon --[related-topic]--> maritime-domain-awareness (topics)

## Sources
- [jaxa-epsilon5-launch] | Launch results of Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2 aboard Epsilon-5, JAXA | https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2021/11/20211109-1_e.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [jaxa-kakushin-2] | Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-2, JAXA Research and Development Directorate | https://www.kenkai.jaxa.jp/kakushin/kakushin02.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wiki-nanodragon] | NanoDragon, Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NanoDragon | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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