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Description
VRSS-2 is the second Venezuelan remote sensing satellite. Spacecraft was built by China. Weighing about 1000 kg, it is to operate in sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 645 kilometres, providing services in traffic management, disaster warning and prevention, tracking agriculture and land use.
Details
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Mon, Oct 9, 2017, 04:13
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