VRSS-2 (Antonio JosÃ© de Sucre) Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

9 Oct 2017, 4:13am

UTC

Location

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Pad

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Launch Service Provider

CASC

Vehicle

Long March 2D

Mission

VRSS-2 (Antonio JosÃ© de Sucre)

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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.

Available Replays

Live

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