[Source: INPE CBERS home page,
http://www.cbers.inpe.br/ingles/ ]
CBERS-2 is technically identical to CBERS-1. The second satellite developed jointly with China was launched successfully on Oct.21, 2003 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch time was 11:16AM (Beijing local time), which corresponds to 1:16AM (Brasilia local time).
The CBERS-2 was integrated and tested in the Integration and Test Laboratory of INPE. See a detail description of the activities done in Brazil.
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: CBERS-2
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite)
Short_Name: CBERS-2
Long_Name: China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite 2
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: WFI (CBERS 1,2)
Short_Name: IRMSS
Short_Name: HRCCD
End_Group
Group: Orbit
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
End_Group
Creation_Date: 2007-08-29
Online_Resource: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004ESASP.548..221O
Online_Resource: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/ingles/
Sample_Image: http://www.skyrocket.de/space/img_sat/cbers-1__1.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2003-10-21
Primary_Sponsor: Brazil
Primary_Sponsor: China
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