Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
VRSS-1
VRSS-1 (Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite-1), also known as (Satellite) Francisco Miranda, is the first Venezuelan remote sensing satellite, and the second Venezuelan satellite after VENESAT-1. It will be used to study the territory of Venezuela and help with planning, agriculture, and disaster recovery. It was built and launched by the Chinese and has been named after Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 880.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2012
55th orbital launch attempt
Long March 2D
17th mission
2nd mission of 2012
17th successful mission