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

Name: Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio JosÃ© de Sucre)
Start: 2017-10-09T04:13:14Z
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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 Details

Launch date: October 9, 2017 at 04:13 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Long March 2D
Operator: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission type: Earth Science