# VRSS-1 (Miranda)
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: abae
- **platform**: cast-2000
- **launch vehicle**: casc-long-march-2d
- **actual launch**: 2012-09-29
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous orbit, 645 km, 10:30 descending ECT
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: abae
- **attributes**: {"operator":"abae","platform":"cast-2000","launch_vehicle":"casc-long-march-2d","actual_launch":"2012-09-29","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous orbit, 645 km, 10:30 descending ECT","tasking_supported":false}

## Editorial
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.[^wmo-vrss-satellite] 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.[^wmo-pmc][^wmo-wmc] 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.[^wmo-vrss-satellite][^wikipedia-vrss] The mission ended in 2022.[^wikipedia-vrss]

## Compositional position
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[mission_payloads]--> vrss-1-pmc (products)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[mission_payloads]--> vrss-1-wmc (products)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[mission_buses]--> cast-2000 (products)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)
- VRSS-1 (Miranda) --[related-topic]--> inland-water (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-vrss-satellite] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: VRSS-1 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/vrss_1 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wmo-pmc] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: PMC | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/pmc | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wmo-wmc] | WMO OSCAR instrument record: WMC | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/wmc | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [wikipedia-vrss] | VRSS-1 mission overview | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRSS-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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