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    VRSS-1
            Launch Details
            
                
        
                    | Launched | 28 September 2012 | 
| Flight ended | – | 
| Status | Operational | 
| Category | Active satellites | 
| Launch site | Jiuquan Space Center, PRC | 
| Owner | Venezuela | 
| NORAD ID | 38782 | 
| COSPAR ID | 2012-052A | 
| Alternative names | FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA | 
| Observing | 
Current orbital elements
| Inclination | 97.592° | 
| Eccentricity | 0.00163 | 
| RA ascending node | 19.185 hr | 
| Argument perigee | 265.142° | 
| Mean anomaly | 94.793° | 
| Orbital period | 97.339 min | 
| Epoch of osculation | 31 Oct 2025, 06:04 |