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- [Source: INPE CBERS home page, http://www.cbers.inpe.br/ingles/ ] The first satellite to be developed, CBERS-1, was launched with great success by the Chinese Long March 4B launcher, from the Taiyuan Launch Base, on Oct. 14, 1999. Launch occurred at 1:15 AM (Brasilia local time). Two modules compose the satellite. The first one is the payload module, where 3 cameras are located (CCD Camera, IRMSS Camera and WFI Camera) and a Transponder for the Brazilian Environmental Data Collection System. The second one is the service module, containing the equipment for power supply, control, telecommunications and remaining functions necessary to the satellite operation. Its orbit is Helios-synchronous, at a 778 km altitude. It performs about 14 revolutions a day and obtains a complete coverage of the Earth in 26 days. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: CBERS-1 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite) Short_Name: CBERS-1 Long_Name: China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite 1 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: SJ 3 Short_Name: Shijian 3 Short_Name: 25940 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: HRCCD Short_Name: WFI (CBERS 1,2) Short_Name: IRMSS End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 98.6° Period: 99.6 minutes Perigee: 733.0 km Apogee: 745.0 km Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-08-29 Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1999-057A 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: 1999-10-14 Launch_Site: Taiyuan Space Launch Center, China Primary_Sponsor: Brazil Primary_Sponsor: China End_Group End_Group
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