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

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

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.

Mission type: Earth Science · Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket: Long March 2D · Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Launch pad

Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · View on map (opens in new tab)