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- [Summary provided by the Brazil National Institute for Space Research (INPE), 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-4 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite) Short_Name: CBERS-4 Long_Name: China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite 4 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: IRS (CBERS) Short_Name: WFI (CBERS 3,4) Short_Name: PANMUX Short_Name: MUXCAM End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 778 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.5 degrees Repeat_Cycle: 26 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-08-19 Online_Resource: http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers3-4.htm Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2011-01-01 Launch_Site: Taiyuan Space Launch Center, China Primary_Sponsor: Brazil National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Primary_Sponsor: China National Space Administration End_Group End_Group
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