Mission record

Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)

Long March 2D· Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
China
Date
Mon, 09 Oct 2017 04:13:14 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5679 ever

Mission

VRSS-2 is the second Venezuelan remote sensing satellite. Spacecraft was built by China. Weighing about 1000 kg, it is to operate in sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 645 kilometres, providing services in traffic management, disaster warning and prevention, tracking agriculture and land use.

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