VENESAT 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:53:00

Wednesday October 29, 2008

Mission Details

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VENESAT 1

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Under an agreement signed in November 2005, the China Great Wall Industry Corp was contracted to design, manufacture, test, and put into orbit the VENESAT-1 for Venezuela. The satellite will help Venezuela develop its telecommunications, film and TV industries, culture, and education. The planned telecommunications satellite blasted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Southwest China atop a CZ-3B/G2 rocket. The satellite, designed with a mission life of 15 years, was constructed by the China Academy of Space Technology, based on the country's DFH-4 Bus, China's new-generation telecommunications satellite platform. The satellite is also called the "Simon Bolivar Satellite," named after the Caracas-born South American independence hero, the Liberator of Five Republics, according to Tenorio.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,049 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 3B/E

Active Since 2007

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.15 million

Rocket

Height: 56.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11,500 kg

GTO: 5,550 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,986 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

Height: 9.56m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


40th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2008

2008


57th

Orbital launch attempt