VRSS 2 [CAST]
Official name VRSS-2
Alternative name Antonio José de Sucre
Cospar ID 2017-060A
Norad ID 42954
Launch date 2017-10-09
Launch site JSC
Launch vehicle CZ-2D (2)
Country/Organization Venezuela
Type application Earth observation
Operator ABAE, MPPCTII
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 97.41
Inclination (deg) 97.76
Perigee (km) 621
Apogee (km) 648
Eccentricity 0.0212765957446809
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.7828765013859
Semi-Major axis (km) 7012.635
Raan (deg) 181.7163
Arg of perigee (deg) 107.5375
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 942
Height (m) 2.1
Width (m) 1.8
Depth (m) 1.8
Span (m^2) 7.9
Contractors CAST
Configuration CAST2000 bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

VRSS-2 or Antonio José de Sucre is Venezuela's second remote sensing satellite.

China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) signed a in October 2014 contract with Venezuela Ministry of People?s Power for Science, Technology and Intermediate Industries (MPPCTII) in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, for the delivery of the VRSS-2 satellite. According to the contract, CGWIC is the main contractor and will perform in-orbit delivery of the VRSS-2 satellite to MPPCTII together with the subcontractors for the satellite, the launch vehicle, launch control operation and ground application systems.

The satellite has a 1 m panchromatic and a 4 m multi-spectral imaging system. Aditionally it features 30 m SWIR and 60 m LWIR imagers.

Launch into a 645 km sun-synchroneous orbit took place in October 2017.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
VRSS-2 2017-060A 2017-10-09 JSC CZ-2D (2)