News Archive / Tagged: Venezuela
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Long March 2D blasts off with VRSS-2 Earth-observing satellite
Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 9th, 2017A Long March 2D booster lifted off from Launch Area 4 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, China, carrying Venezuela's second remote sensing satellite known as VRSS-2. The launch took place at 04:13 UTC (0:13 a.m. EDT) on Monday, October 9, 2017.
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Long March 2D to deliver Venezuelan VRSS-2 Earth-observing satellite into orbit
Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 7th, 2017China 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.