VRSS-2 “Antonio José de Sucre” – CZ-2D – Цзюцюань (JSLC) – 09.10.2017 04:13 UTC

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http://tdavenezuela.com/Tema-Conozca-un-poco-más-del-Proyecto-Satelital-Vrss-2-Sucre

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http://www.abae.gob.ve/web/noticias.php?id=271

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http://www.chinatoday.mx/eco/analys/content/2017-07/11/content_743737.htm

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ABAE‏ @ABAE_AGENCIA · Sep 15

Venezolanos en la sala donde realizan los chequeos y pruebas de los sistemas del cohete lanzador del Satélite Sucre

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chinaspaceflight.com предполагает дату запуска - 9 октября

https://www.chinaspaceflight.com/satellite/VRSS-2/VRSS-2.html

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Antonio Jose de Sucre satellite to be launched next October

Caracas, 20 Sep. AVN.- The Venezuelan Congress of Space Technology, sponsored by the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (or ABAE), shows Venezuelans and foreigners, the extraordinary scientific and technological capacity that exists in the country, as is the case of the third satellite Venezuela will launch into space next October: the Antonio Jose de Sucre satellite.

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"The idea is to go to work in the spatial area so that Venezuela can send its satellites into space, to have a launching platform and for this the ABAE trains students from universities like UNEFA," the head of ABAE's Space Education Unit, Tulio Salazar, told the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN).

The director of Space Research and Innovation of the ABAE, Rixio Morales, explained that the idea of this type of congress is to encourage research in Venezuela and demonstrate that there are many brilliant minds that are innovating in the country. A proof of this is the Sucre satellite that will replace Miranda's that is at the end of its lifespan in the space orbit at the service of Venezuelans.

"With the war we have against foreign exchange, the best is what we can do from our country in space, along with our allies, as is the case of China," he said.

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Хммм... Кажется на фотографии изображено чтото совсем другое нежели чем на проспектике в первом сообщении. Уж не раскрыли ли нам китайцы облик своего спутника детальной разведки текущего поколения? Можно предположить что как и с предыдущим ВРССом китайцы продали резервный спутник предназначавшийся на случай неудачного запуска при развёртывании группировки.

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VRSS-2 - Запуск 9 октября около полудня ракетой CZ-2 из Цзюцюаня

ChinaSpaceflight‏ @cnspaceflight 1 ч назад

【委遥二号/VRSS-2】计划10月9号中午由长征二号丁火箭从酒泉发射https://goo.gl/D8v8Mj 

https://www.chinaspaceflight.com/satellite/VRSS-2/VRSS-2-launch.html

委内瑞拉遥感卫星二号(VRSS-2)：计划10月9日12:05-12:33由长征二号丁火箭从酒泉发射

Венесуэльский спутник дистанционного зондирования II (VRSS-2): план 9 октября 12:05-12:33 Запуск ракеты Long March II из Цзюцюаня

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El 9 de octubre será puesto en órbita el Satélite Sucre

El presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, a través de su programa "Los Domingos con Maduro", anunció que el próximo 9 de octubre se lanzará desde China el  Satélite Sucre (Vrss-2), como parte de las políticas impulsadas por el Gobierno Bolivariano en materia tecnológica.

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"Es el tercer satélite soberano, independiente, y así iremos al cuarto, al quinto, al sexto satélite (...) vamos al desarrollo del más alto nivel tecnológico", precisó el jefe de Estado durante su programa Los domingos con Maduro N°94, desde el estado Yaracuy.

El Mandatario Nacional destacó que los tres satélites venezolanos son gracias a las relaciones que mantiene el país con la República Popular China.

Cabe destacar que el "Sucre", tiene mejoras tecnológicas que harán más útil a las estrategias de planificación del Estado y a las instituciones que harán uso del él para labores de cartografía o estudio de suelos con fines científicos.

Gracias a sus dos cámaras, una de alta resolución pancromática y multiespectral de cerca de 1 y 3 metros de resolución lo que dará una mejora sustancial en detalles y calidad de imagen; y una cámara infrarroja que facilitará la posibilidad de obtener imágenes en el rango infrarrojo corto y largo del espectro electromagnético con resoluciones de 30 y 60 metros, lo que significa que se podrá capturar imágenes nocturnas.

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https://gbtimes.com/china-to-launch-remote-sensing-satellite-for-venezuela-next-week

China to launch remote sensing satellite for Venezuela next week
by Andrew Jones Oct 04, 2017 15:47 CHINA ● ENVIRONMENT ● SHANGHAI


A Long March 2D clears the tower at Jiuquan, launching the Chuangxin-1-04 satellite in September 2014. CNS

China is set to launch a remote sensing satellite for Venezuela on October 9, marking the third satellite collaboration between the Asian and Latin American countries.

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The one tonne Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite-2 (VRSS-2) will be sent into a Sun synchronous orbit by a Long March 2D rocket, launching from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert at around 12:10 local time (04:10 UTC) according to airspace notifications.

VRSS-2 will be placed into a Sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 650 kilometres, from which it will be able to return panchromatic images at 1 metre per pixel at nadir, and 4m for multispectral imaging.

According to the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities, VRSS-2 will be applied for use in areas including traffic management, disaster warning and prevention, tracking agriculture and land use.

The deal for the satellite development and launch was agreed in 2014 by the Venezuelan government and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), which seeks commercial launch contracts for China.

VRSS-2 is based on a CAST2000 satellite bus developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for China's space programme.


Venezuela's VRSS-2 satellite, developed by CAST, during tests. Twitter/ABAE

The 41m long, 3.35m diameter, two-stage Long March 2D is manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), another CASC subsidiary.

The mission will be the Long March 2D's first launch since December 2016, when the rocket suffered a partial failure, resulting in two Gaojing-1 (Superview) satellites and a smaller payload enter a lower than intended orbit. Prior to this, the Long March 2D had a perfect 31-flight launch record.

China has previously developed and launched the large VENESAT-1 telecommunications satellite and VRSS-1 remote sensing satellite for Venezuela.

The satellites were named after Venezuelan revolutionaries Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda respectively, with VRSS-2 to be named after 19th Century independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.

China has also launched a satellite for Bolivia and participates in technological cooperation through the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite programme (CBERS).


An image of Rio de Janeiro taken by the CBERS 4 satellite. cbers.inpe

This and other high technology and military deals between Venezuela and other Latin American countries and China are often seen in the context of Sino-US competition for influence in South America.

The ongoing crisis in Venezuela poses issues for both the US and China, with the delivery of significant quantities of oil from Venezuela to China, in exchange for credit, now overdue. Likewise, the possibilities of returns on a string of Chinese investments in Venezuela are in question.

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http://www.panorama.com.ve/ciudad/Satelite-Sucre-se-lanzara-al-espacio-durante-la-medianoche-de-este-domingo-20171005-0053.html

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Подписана пусковая готовность

ABAE‏ @ABAE_AGENCIA 6 окт.

Profesionales venezolanos finalizan la última reunión formal desde China antes del lanzamiento #SatéliteSucre

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CNTQ‏ @CNTQ_Vzla 13 ч. назад

@CNTQ_Vzla. Este 9 de octubre nuestro satélite sucre sera el protagonista

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Ciudad CCS‏ @CiudadCCS 13 ч. назад

Satélite Sucre permitirá preservar la integridad territorial del país http://bit.ly/2xWPoLo 

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Делегация Венесуэлы прибыла в КНР на запуск КА VRSS-2

ABAE‏ @ABAE_AGENCIA 6 ч. назад

Delegación venezolana arriba a China por el lanzamiento de nuestro tercer satélite Sucre #SucreCuentaRegresiva

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Венесуэльская делегация прибыла на космодром Цзюцюань

ABAE‏ @ABAE_AGENCIA 4 ч. назад

Delegación venezolana arribó al Centro de Lanzamiento de JiuQuan #SatéliteSucreCuentaRegresiva

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http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/china-national-space-administration/long-march-2d-deliver-venezuelan-vrss-2-earth-observing-satellite-orbit/

Long March 2D to deliver Venezuelan VRSS-2 Earth-observing satellite into orbit

October 7th, 2017 | by Tomasz Nowakowski

China is preparing for its second orbital mission after a three-month-long period with no launches. This time it will send a Long March 2D rocket into space carrying an Earth-observation satellite for Venezuela. Liftoff is planned for sometime between 12:05 a.m. and 12:33 a.m. EDT (04:05 and 04:33 GMT) Oct. 9, 2017, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gansu Province.

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The assembly of the VRSS-2 satellite. Photo Credit: Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities

The mission's sole passenger is the second Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite (VRSS-2), named "Sucre" after a Venezuelan independence leader Antonio Jose de Sucre. The spacecraft weighs about one metric ton and is based on the CAST-2000 satellite bus. This compact platform is designed to host a number of payloads for various applications including navigation, remote sensing, and communications.


A file photo of a Long March 2D launching on Dec. 28, 2016, with SuperView-1 01/02. Photo Credit: Xinhua

The mission is a result of an agreement signed in October 2014 between Venezuela's Ministry of People's Power for Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries, and the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC). Under this contract, CGWIC was obligated to build and launch the satellite. Although the mission was initially scheduled for launch in September 2017, recent setbacks with Chinese launchers forced the country to delay many orbital flights, including VRSS-2.

VRSS-2 is fitted with two deployable solar arrays and has a panchromatic camera with a resolution of 3.3 feet (one meter) and a multi-spectral imaging system with a resolution of 13.1 feet (four meters). It also features shortwave infrared (SWIR) and long wave infrared (LWIR) imaging instruments. The satellite will be used to collecting imagery of Earth for different Venezuelan government agencies.

The first satellite in the series, VRSS-1 (named Miranda after Venezuelan revolutionary Sebastian Francisco de Miranda), was also built by CGWIC and was also based on the CAST-2000 platform. That spacecraft was launched into space by a Long March 2D rocket on Sept. 29, 2012, to study the territory of Venezuela and help with planning, agriculture, and disaster recovery.

The Long March 2D launcher that will be employed to deliver VRSS-2 into space is a two-stage rocket developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. It is mainly used to send satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO). The 135-foot (41.2-meter) tall booster can launch payloads of up to 3.5 metric tons to LEO and has a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) capability of up to 1.3 metric tons.

Little is known about preparations for the launch and the mission itself as Chinese officials typically keep details under wraps. What is known is the rocket has already been assembled. Additionally, the satellite was attached and encapsulated in a payload fairing.

After liftoff, the Long March 2D rocket will most likely stick to its usual mission profile by heading south over mainland China. The ignition of the vehicle's first stage YF-21C engine to produce 665,884 pounds (2,962 kilonewtons) of thrust will start a 10-minute long flight. It will culminate in placing the VRSS-2 satellite into SSO at an altitude of about 385 by 431 miles (619 by 694 kilometers), inclined 98 degrees.

The initial phase of the flight is expected to last nearly three minutes and will end with the separation of the rocket's first stage. Then the second stage, utilizing a YF-24C cluster engine, will assume control over the rest of the launch. It will continue the mission for about seven minutes, heading toward its designated orbit in order to successfully deploy the spacecraft.

Monday's flight will be the 252nd flight of the Long March rocket series. It will be also the fourth orbital launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in 2017 and the 10th mission conducted by China this year.

The next Chinese launch is currently scheduled for Nov. 15 when a Long March 4C rocket will orbit the country's Fengyun 3D meteorology satellite and the Head-1 ship tracking spacecraft for the Dutch company Head Aerospace. However, another mission could be launched sooner as China conducts many of its orbital flights unannounced.

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ChinaSpaceflight‏ @cnspaceflight 1 ч. назад

北京时间10月9日12时13分，我国在酒泉卫星发射中心用长征二号丁运载火箭，将委内瑞拉遥感卫星二号（VRSS—2）送入预定轨道，发射任务获得圆满成功。

Запуск - Пекинское время 9 октября 12:13, Китайский центр запуска спутников Цзюцюань. Ракетой-носителем Long March II Ding венесуэльский спутник дистанционного зондирования II (VRSS-2) выведен на запланированную орбиту, запуск миссии увенчался полным успехом.

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Как это было. Заранее приношу свои извинения за низкое качество скриншотов - источник изначально вещал в невысоком разрешении