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#100 by Steven Pietrobon on 09 Oct, 2017 04:42
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Venezuela giving their speech.
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#101 by Steven Pietrobon on 09 Oct, 2017 04:46
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Speech is given in mission control.
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#102 by Steven Pietrobon on 09 Oct, 2017 04:56
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Congratulations to China and Venezuela for the successful launch!
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#103 by zubenelgenubi on 09 Oct, 2017 05:14
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Thanks again, Steven, GP, and SK for the launch coverage!
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A successful RTF for the CZ-2D:Apparently, this launch is the Return to Flight for the CZ-2D, after the mishap during last December's launch of the first pair of GaoJing-1 satellites.
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October 9 (UTC) "three-fer" launch day: 1 done, 2 to go!
VRSS-2 from Jiuquan,
Iridium Next Flight 3 from Vandenberg,
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#104 by SmallKing on 09 Oct, 2017 05:18
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Codename: 01-83
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#105 by chewi on 09 Oct, 2017 06:19
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China launches remote sensing satellite for VenezuelaQuote
JIUQUAN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- China launched Venezuela's remote sensing satellite, VRSS-2, into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi desert at 12:13 on Monday.
The VRSS-2 was the third satellite jointly launched by China and Venezuela, and also the later's second remote sensing satellite. It will be primarily used by Venezuela for land resources inspection, environmental protection, disaster monitoring and management, crop yield estimation and city planning.
The satellite was launched by a Chinese Long March-2D carrier rocket which was designed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology.
This was the 252nd flight mission for the Long March rocket family. In 2008, China launched Venezuela's first satellite -- the Venesat-1, or "Simon Bolivar" -- which carried communications facilities. In 2012, Venezuela's first remote sensing satellite, the VRSS-1, was launched into space from China. -
#106 by MATTBLAK on 09 Oct, 2017 06:41
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Nice job! I'm really rooting for the Chinese space industry. And I hope they can get Long March 5 sorted out as soon as possible, too.
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#107 by GELORD on 09 Oct, 2017 09:43
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Start Time 12:13:14.451 BJT (04:13:14.451 UTC)
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#108 by SmallKing on 09 Oct, 2017 12:43
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42954/2017-060A: 629 x 655 km x 98.03 deg
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#109 by SmallKing on 09 Oct, 2017 12:53
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#110 by SmallKing on 09 Oct, 2017 12:55
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CZ-2D Y30
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#111 by catdlr on 09 Oct, 2017 16:07
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Long March-2D launches VRSS-2 satellite (Antonio José de Sucre)
SciNews
Published on Oct 9, 2017
A Long March-2D launch vehicle (Chang Zheng-2D) launched the VRSS-2 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 9 October 2017, at 04:06 UTC. The VRSS-2 will be primarily used by Venezuela for land resources survey, environmental protection, disaster monitoring and management, crop yield estimation and city planning.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)
长征二号丁, Long March-2D, LM-2D, Chang Zheng-2D, CZ-2D
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#112 by jcm on 13 Oct, 2017 18:24
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http://ciudadccs.info/satelite-sucre-permitira-preservar-la-integridad-territorial-del-pais/
On this pic I love the fact that it gives both 'Peso 1000 kg aproximado' and 'Masa 942 kg'. Someone not quite getting it...