9 October 2017, 04:13 UTC
VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)
VRSS-2 (Sucre), Venezuela's second Chinese-built remote-sensing satellite, launched from Jiuquan to sun-synchronous orbit for land-use, agriculture and disaster-monitoring applications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 942 kg
- Flight
- 33rd
- of 101 Long March 2D flights
- Date and time
- 9 October 2017, 04:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2D
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2017-060
- Launches in 2017
- 63rd of 90
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