VENESAT-1 Successfully Launched
Venezuelan first satellite VENESAT-1 (or Simon Bolivar) was sent to space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center(XSLC) at 0:53 (Beijing time) on October 30 atop a LM-3B launch vehicle. About 12 minutes later, the satellite entered the preset GTO orbit at the altitude of 36,000km. After four maneuvers, the satellite was normally positioned at 78 degrees west longitude at 15:39 (Beijing time) on November 9,beaming the majority of Latin America and part of the Caribbean region.
作 者： 作者單位： 刊 名： 中國航天(英文版) 英文刊名： AEROSPACE CHINA 年，卷(期)： 2008 9(4) 分類號： V4 關鍵詞：