October 9, 2017 at 4:13 AM UTC
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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October 9, 2017 at 4:13 AM UTC
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Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 40.9605, 100.2981
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 media
China successfully launched the remote sensing satellite VRSS-2 for Venezuela
Full video recordLong March · D
Height
38.3 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
3,500 kg
Successful launches
100
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).
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