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VRSS-1
Venezuelan Earth Observation Satellite (Chinese-Built) · CNSA / Venezuela (ABAE)
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VRSS-1 (Francisco de Miranda), Venezuela's first remote sensing satellite, built with substantial Chinese technical assistance and launched in 2012. It provides Earth imagery for Venezuelan agricultural, environmental, and government use — part of a broader wave of Chinese satellite diplomacy helping developing nations establish independent space capability.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 386–400 mi (622–644 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 97.2 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 38782
- Int’l designator
- 2012-052A
- Launched
- 2012
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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