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http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers3-4.htm ]
Due to the success of CBERS-1 and 2, the two governments decided, in November 2002, to give continuity to the CBERS program by signing a new agreement for the development and launch of two more satellites, CBERS-3 and 4.
Brazilian participation in this program will be enlarged up to 50%, thus taking Brazil to a condition of equality with its partner. CBERS-3 is expected to be launched in 2009, CBERS-4 in 2011.
CBERS-3 and 4 satellites represent an evolution of CBERS-1 and 2. Four cameras will be present in the payload module, with improved geometrical and radiometric performance.
They are: PanMux Camera-PANMUX, Multi-spectral Camera-MUXCAM, Scanning Medium Resolution Scanner-IRSCAM and Wide Field Imaging Camera-WFICAM.
The orbits of the two satellites will be the same as for CBERS-1 and 2.
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: CBERS-3
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Platform_Series_or_Entity: CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite)
Short_Name: CBERS-3
Long_Name: China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite 3
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: IRS (CBERS)
Short_Name: WFI (CBERS 3,4)
Short_Name: PANMUX
Short_Name: MUXCAM
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 778 km
Orbit_Inclination: 98.5 degrees
Repeat_Cycle: 26 days
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2008-08-19
Online_Resource: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers3-4.htm
Sample_Image: http://space.skyrocket.de/img_sat/cbers-3__1.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2009-01-01
Launch_Site: Taiyuan Space Launch Center, China
Primary_Sponsor: Brazil National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Primary_Sponsor: China National Space Administration
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