VRSS-1
| VRSS-1 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Earth observation satellite |
| Country: |
 Venezuela
|
| COSPAR-ID : | 2012-052A |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 880 kg |
| Size: | 1.53 × 1.65 × 1.87 meters |
| Begin: | September 28, 2012 |
| Starting place: | Jiuquan |
| Launcher: | CZ-2D |
| Status: | in operation |
| Orbit data | |
| Track height: | 639 km |
| Orbit inclination : | 98 ° |
VRSS-1 Francisco de Miranda (Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite) is a Venezuelan earth observation satellite .
construction
The contract between the Venezuelan government and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) was signed on May 26, 2011. The satellite was built on the basis of the CAST 2000 satellite bus from the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and has a planned lifespan of five years. The total cost was $ 144.8 million.
The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with two high-resolution cameras and two additional cameras of medium resolution and is primarily intended to be used for mineral exploration, environmental protection, disaster control and management, harvest assessment and urban planning. The high-resolution cameras have a resolution of 2.5 m panchromatic and 10 m multispectral, the medium-resolution cameras 16 m.
Mission history
VRSS-1 was on 28 September 2012 with Chinese CZ-2D - carrier rocket from the pad 603 of the starting complex 43 of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in low-Earth orbit. From January 2013, Venezuelan technicians from China took part in controlling the satellite. Full control was given to China on September 2, 2013. 54 technicians control the satellite from the Bamari ground station in Guárico state .
Web links
- Gunter's Space Page: VRSS 1 (Francisco Miranda) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nasaspaceflight: Chinese Long March 2D launches Venezuela's VRSS-1 satellite , accessed October 6, 2012
- ↑ CGWIC: 签署 委内瑞拉 遥感 卫星 项目 合同 , May 27, 2011
- ↑ Raumfahrer.net: Venezuela's Earth observation satellite VRSS 1 launched , Thomas Weyrauch, September 29, 2012
- ↑ China delivers control of satellite to Venezuela. In: usa.chinadaily.com.cn. September 3, 2013, accessed March 27, 2020 .