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VRSS-1 (Miranda)
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VRSS-1, also known as Miranda, was the first Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite flight unit, launched in 2012 for high-resolution land and vegetation observation and disaster monitoring.[1] It carried two optical payloads: PMC, with 2.5 m panchromatic and 10 m multispectral imaging, and WMC, a 16 m wide-swath multispectral camera.[2][3] The spacecraft flew in a 645 km Sun-synchronous orbit with a 10:30 descending equator crossing and used a CAST-2000 platform with a Long March 2D launch.[1][4] The mission ended in 2022.[4]
All fields
| current status | ended |
| operator | Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales |
| platform | cast-2000 |
| launch vehicle | casc-long-march-2d |
| Launched | 2012-09-29 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous orbit, 645 km, 10:30 descending ECT |
| tasking supported | false |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
Compositional position
- [1]WMO OSCAR satellite record: VRSS-1agency doc2026-06-21
- [2]WMO OSCAR instrument record: PMCagency doc2026-06-21
- [3]WMO OSCAR instrument record: WMCagency doc2026-06-21
- [4]VRSS-1 mission overviewcommunity2026-06-21