VRSS-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:12:00

Saturday September 29, 2012

Mission Details

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VRSS-1

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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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

880 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 2D

Active Since 1992

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.75 million

Rocket

Height: 40.77m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,500 kg

GTO: 1,200 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,962 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.35m

Height: 7.82m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Site 9401 (SLS-2)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 18 hours

Stats

Long March 2D


17th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2012

2012


55th

Orbital launch attempt