2017-060 Success
Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)
Oct 9, 2017, 04:13 AM UTC
Track in KeepTrackLaunch Overview
Vehicle
Chang Zheng 2D
Agency
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Site / Pad
JQ / LC603
Outcome
Success
Flight
Y30
COSPAR Designator
2017-060
Mission
VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre) (Earth Science)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Long March 2D
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Agency launches
199 (9 YTD)
Site launches
95 (4 YTD)
Pad launches
49 (3 YTD)