Vietnam

1947 February 14

• Birth of Pham Tuan - . Nation: Vietnam. Related Persons: Tuan. Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut 1979-1980. First Vietnamese astronaut. Engineer, Air force pilot. Participated in the Vietnam War. Major General of Vietnam Air Force. 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 37 (1980)..

1949 June 30

• Birth of Bui Thanh Liem - . Nation: Vietnam. Related Persons: Liem.

  Vietnamese pilot cosmonaut 1979-1980. Graduated from Gagarin Military Academy, Monino, 1978 Captain and fighter pilot, Vietnam Air Force. Flew many combat missions during the Vietnam War. Continued service in Vietnamese Air Force. Died in the crash of a MiG-21UTI trainer.

1950 September 14

• Birth of Dr Eugene Huu-Chau 'Gene' Trinh - . Nation: USA, Vietnam. Related Persons: Trinh. Vietnamese-American physicist payload specialist astronaut 1983-1992. 1 spaceflight, 13.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-50 (1992)..

1979 April 1

• Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Vietnam. Related Persons: Liem, Tuan. Training group of potential Vietnamese 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station..

2008 April 18

22:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA3. LV Family: Ariane 5. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5ECA.

• Vinasat 1 - . Payload: A2100A. Mass: 6,740 kg (14,850 lb). Nation: Vietnam. Agency: Arianespace. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: AS 2100. USAF Sat Cat: 32767 . COSPAR: 2008-018A. Apogee: 35,789 km (22,238 mi). Perigee: 35,787 km (22,236 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min. First satellite launched by Vietnam. The Vietnam Post and Telecom Corporation communications satellite was equipped with C and Ku band payloads..

2012 May 15

22:13 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA3. LV Family: Ariane 5. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5ECA.

• Vinasat 2 - . Payload: A2100A. Mass: 2,969 kg (6,545 lb). Nation: Vietnam. Class: Communications. Type: Communications satellite. Spacecraft: AS 2100. USAF Sat Cat: 38332 . COSPAR: 2012-023B. Apogee: 35,788 km (22,237 mi). Perigee: 35,787 km (22,236 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. Vietnam Posts and Telecom communications satellite..

2012 October 4

15:44 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.

• F-1 - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: Vietnam. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2013-05-09 . USAF Sat Cat: 38855 . COSPAR: 1998-067CR. Apogee: 407 km (252 mi). Perigee: 386 km (239 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.50 min. Released from ISS Kibo module..

2013 May 7

02:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELV. Launch Vehicle: Vega.

• VNREDSAT-1 - . Payload: AstroSat-100. Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: Vietnam. Class: Surveillance. Type: SIGINT. Spacecraft: Myriade. USAF Sat Cat: 39160 . COSPAR: 2013-021B. Apogee: 685 km (425 mi). Perigee: 683 km (424 mi). Inclination: 98.13 deg. Period: 98.43 min. Remote sensing satellite for the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology..

2013 November 19

12:18 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.

• PicoDragon - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: Vietnam. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2014-04-16 . USAF Sat Cat: 39412 . COSPAR: 1998-067DA. Apogee: 188 km (116 mi). Perigee: 180 km (110 mi). Inclination: 51.63 deg. Period: 88.17 min. On 19 November a J-SSOD cubesat deployer was retrieved from the Kibo module airlock by the JEM RMS arm and moved to a deployment position; at 12:18 GMT it ejected three 1U cubesats, including PicoDragon for Vietnam..