Vietnam’s VinSpace Partners With SpaceX To Launch First Satellites In 2027

Edited
by:
Rob
Tu e

Viet am’s
o ly
p ivate
space
compa y
o
Tuesday
sig ed
a
deal
with
SpaceX
to
lau ch
its
fi st
satellites
i to
o bit
ext
yea .

The
satellites
will
fly
aboa d
a
2027
missio
u de
SpaceX’s
T a spo te
idesha e
p og am,
which
allows
multiple
custome s
to
sha e
the
same
ocket
a d
split
satellite
lau ch
costs.

What
do
we
k ow
about
Vi Space
a d
SpaceX?

The
compa y,
Vi Space,
said
it
would
develop
a d
ope ate
the
satellites
itself,
usi g
the
missio s
to
test
tech ology
i
o bit
a d
pave
the
way
fo
futu e
comme cial
se vices.

“Reliable
access
to
space
is
fu dame tal
to
tu i g
satellite
i ovatio
i to
ope atio al
missio s,”
Vi Space
CEO
Thu
Vu
said.

The
compa y
did
ot
disclose
how
ma y
satellites
it
pla s
to
lau ch,
thei
specificatio s
o
the
value
of
the
co t act
with
Elo
Musk’s
SpaceX.

What
is
Vi Space?

Vi Space
was
established
i
Novembe
2025
by
Vi g oup,
Viet am’s
la gest
p ivately-ow ed
co glome ate.

The
g oup
was
fou ded
by
Pham
Nhat
Vuo g,
Viet am’s
ichest
ma .
It
has
i te ests
a gi g
f om
eal
estate,
etail
a d
tou ism
to
healthca e
a d
educatio .

I
ece t
yea s,
Vi g oup
has
i c easi gly
expa ded
i to
tech ology,
i cludi g
elect ic
vehicles,
a tificial
i tellige ce,
obotics
a d
ae ospace.

Vi Space
says
it
ultimately
wa ts
to
become
a
full-se vice
ae ospace
compa y,
with
capabilities
spa i g
satellite
desig
a d
ma ufactu i g,
lau ch
ma ageme t,
satellite
ope atio s
a d
space-based
data
se vices.

What
a e
Viet am’s
ambitio s
i
space?

Viet am
has
bee
buildi g
its
space
capabilities
fo
decades
but
emai s
a
elatively
small
playe
i
the
global
i dust y.

It
lau ched
its
fi st
telecommu icatio s
satellite
i
2008
a d
a
seco d
i
2012.

The
gove me t
has
set
a
goal
of
becomi g
a
mid-level
space
powe
i
Southeast
Asia
by
2030,
with
satellite
tech ology
see
as
pa t
of
a
wide
d ive
to
develop
high-tech
i dust ies.

I
Ma ch,
Viet am
ope ed
a
majo
space
scie ce
a d
tech ology
ce te
at
Ha oi’s
Hoa
Lac
High-Tech
Pa k,
aimed
at
expa di g
domestic
satellite
developme t
a d
the
use
of
space-based
data.

I
Ap il,
Viet am
lice sed
SpaceX’s
Sta li k
fo
its
fi st
la ge-scale
t ial
of
satellite
i te et,
which
uses
thousa ds
of
low-Ea th-o bit
satellites
to
p ovide
high-speed
co ectivity.

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