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Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales
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ABAE is Venezuela's national space agency, a decentralized aerospace entity under the Ministry of Science with headquarters in Caracas.[1][2] It was created as the Venezuelan Space Center on 28 November 2005 and renamed Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales on 25 October 2007.[1] Its Earth-observation record centers on the VRSS programme: VRSS-1 Miranda operated from 2012 to 2022, and VRSS-2 Sucre has a recorded 2017 to 2023 window with panchromatic, multispectral, shortwave-infrared, and longwave-infrared imaging roles.[3][4][5] VRSS-2 status is carried in two forms, inactive after 2023 and a five-year active design life from its 2017 launch.[5][4] ABAE also maintains ground-station infrastructure at Baemari and Luepa for mission support.[5]
Operates
- VRSS-1 (Miranda)ended
launched 2012-09-29 / Sun-synchronous orbit, 645 km, 10:30 descending ECT
- VRSS-2 (Sucre)operational
launched 2017-10-09 / Sun-synchronous LEO; CelesTrak 612 x 639 km, 97.65 deg as of 2026-06-21 / 101 day revisit / 30 km swath
- [1]Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
- [2]VRSS-1 - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
- [3]VRSS-2 - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
- [4]WMO OSCAR - ABAE Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-20
- [5]ABAE Official Websiteoperator marketing2026-06-20