Key statistics
Satellite VRSS-2 at a glance.
Uptime
2769
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for VRSS-2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: VRSS-2
International designator: 2017-060A
Object number (NORAD): 42954
Object ID (CCSDS): 42954
Country: VENEZUELA (VENZ)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.281 minutes
Inclination: 97.7044 deg
SMA: 7006.7 km
Apoapsis: 640.331 km
Periapsis: 616.799 km
RAAN: 178.7919 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0016792
Argument of periapsis: 345.6385 deg
Mean anomaly: 14.4348 deg
Mean motion: 14.80241195 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000125 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017052 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 10:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 VRSS-2
TLE line 1: 1 42954U 17060A 25128.94817810 .00001250 00000-0 17052-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 42954 97.7044 178.7919 0016792 345.6385 14.4348 14.80241195408638
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite VRSS-2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
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.
VRSS-2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 9, 2017, 4:13 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 9, 2017, 4:13 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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