launched fromChina

VeneSat-1

Name: VeneSat-1
Start: 2008-10-29T16:53:53Z
Location: Xichang

Success

OCT 29200816:53:53 UTC

First Venezuelan satellite. Lost in March 2020 due to the failure of both solar array drives.

LIFTOFF

OCT 29 2008

16:53:53 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-2Xichang

Payload

VeneSat-1 (Simón Bolívar)

Communications