Development of Vietnam's Domestic Missile Program

21 Oktober 2019

TV-01 triple stage rocket (1st stage: launch, 2nd stage: cruise flight, 3rd stage: satellite launch). For a prototype indigenous model, the launch was impressive: the TV-01 flew to an altitude of 4000 meters (all photos : QPVN)


A boosted model with the identifier TV-02 is said to be an upgrade of the TV-01 that has just been introduced on the Vietnam Defense Television.

In 2018, the first information appeared on the topic VT/TLĐ/ 14-15 "Approach low-tech rocket launch techniques by physical model based on the prototype TV-01 missile" chaired by Assoc. Prof. Vu Thanh Hai

The project was carried out with the participation of the Aeronautics and Space Department of the Military Technical Academy in association with the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. This is the premise for Vietnam to proceed to create complete boosters to launch its self-made satellites into orbit.

TV-01 test missile has a 2-story engine (launcher, cruise engine) and 1 working stage that carries the "satellite box" to a defined position in space. TV-01 test rocket flew to an altitude of more than 4,000 m, a range of more than 3,000 m, made the process of stratification, sprung though recovered "satellite box".

Most of the systems and equipment on the TV-01 test rocket complex (except for some components and equipment of the control part) are made entirely by domestic technology and sources of materials and fuels.

Following the success of TV-01 boosters, the upgraded version of TV-02 has recently appeared in the report "A new development in the aviation - space industry" conducted by the Vietnam Defense Television Channel. show.

According to the information on the image, the TV-02 test rocket is designed with 3 options including: type 1 duck diagram, type 2 sub-map and traditional diagram, which all use structure 2 floor propulsion.

Specific specifications of TV-02 missiles include total weight 92 kg; the volume of the cavity contains 12 kg; total length 4 m; the trunk diameter of 1st / 2nd floor is 235/120 mm; the weight of the 1st stage/2nd stage is 29/14.7 kg; Burning time on the 1st/2nd stage is 2.8/4.6 seconds; Thrust on 1st/2nd floor is 19,300/5,950 N.

It is expected that TV-02 boosters will soon be built and tested in the near future.

It should be noted that rocket technology is a dual-use technology, which can be used to create long-range ballistic missiles by replacing the working platform carrying "satellite boxes" with warheads, which will then be weapons. strategic gas.

It can also be seen that the missile structure with the accelerating deck and the cruise engine deck with the "warhead" as above is very similar to the structure of some Russian-made air defense missiles like 57E6 or 9M311.

Therefore, in addition to being able to transform into ballistic missiles, TV-02 also has the potential to be converted into air defense missiles, which is clearly a remarkable new step of Vietnam's domestic missile program.

(BaoDatViet)