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Launch Date
To Be Announced
Launch Site
XSC LC2
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Launch Vehicle
Chang Zheng 3B G2 (Long March 3 Family)
Telescopic observations from ExoAnalytic Solutions and AGI indicated VeneSat-1 was stuck for 10 days in an elliptical orbit above the geostationary arc.
ExoAnalytic and AGI observations show VeneSat-1 tumbling in an elliptical orbit with a perigee about 50 km above the geosynchronous arc and an apogee roughly 36,300 km.
VeneSat-1’s operators performed two maneuvers on 2020-03-13 to relocate the ailing satellite above the geostationary belt.
Satellite trackers at AGI and ExoAnalytic Solutions observed VeneSat-1 tumbling above the geostationary arc on 2020-03-13.
China Great Wall Industry Corp. built VeneSat-1 and launched it in late 2008 on a 15-year mission to provide television and broadband services to Venezuela.
China and Venezuela established space cooperation in 2008 with the launch of the CASC-built VeneSat-1 communications satellite.