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VRSS-2
Venezuelan satellite. VRSS-2 was launched on October 9, 2017 aboard a Chang Zheng 2D from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Antonio Jose de Sucre
- Common name
- VRSS-2
- Payload designation
- VRSS-2
- International designator
- 2017-060A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42954
- GCAT identifier
- S42954
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- VRSS
- Owner
- ABAE
- Country
- Venezuela
- Builder
- Spaceflight East Is Red Satellite Co
- Platform (bus)
- CAST-2000
Launch
- Date
- October 9, 2017 · 04:13 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-060Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2D
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LC603
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 629 km
- Apogee
- 654 km
- Inclination
- 98.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 2022
- End of operations
- May 2025
Size
- Mass
- 942 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 7.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q41791665 (CC0).