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VRSS-2, 42954

Orbit data source: Space-Track

VRSS-2, 42954 is a payload satellite owned by ABAE (VE) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 09 Oct 2017 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

42954, 2017-060A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (VE / VENZ)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

942 kg wet, ~900 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-10-09 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 7.9 m

Radar Cross Section

8.358 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 VRSS-2
1 42954U 17060A   25129.89454679  .00001125  00000-0  15421-3 0  9994
2 42954  97.7043 179.7005 0016714 342.4972  17.5663 14.80243021408774

Epoch: 2025-05-09T21:28Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T21:28:08.842Z)

Latitude

0.00001°

Longitude

-10.28048°

Altitude

620.419 km

Speed

7.555 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 58m 48s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-57.82561°

Longitude

157.6725°

Altitude

653.577 km

Speed

7.528 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 21m 00s

Apparent Declination

-50° 09' 43"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:14:33

Azimuth

141.877° SSE

Elevation

-76.095°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

637.295 km

Perigee altitude

613.883 km

Semi-major axis

7,003.726 km

Eccentricity

0.0016714

Inclination

97.7043°

RAAN

179.7005°

Arg. of periapsis

342.4972°

True anomaly

17.62422°

Mean anomaly

17.5663°

Eccentric anomaly

17.59525°

Mean motion

3.70296 °/min

BSTAR

0.00015421

Orbital period

97.22 mins

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VRSS-2 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
8 mins	2025-05-10 15:53:00.890Z	22.052° NNE	2025-05-10 15:57:00.890Z	114.964° SE	40.215°	2025-05-10 16:01:00.890Z	179.911° S
6 mins	2025-05-11 02:49:00.890Z	131.57° SE	2025-05-11 02:52:00.890Z	54.626° ENE	32.367°	2025-05-11 02:55:00.890Z	5.693° NNE

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