Objectives and Applications
Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface (joint with INPE).
Full Name
China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 2B
aka ZY01-2B
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 Sep 2007
Mission Links
EOL Date
16 Apr 2010
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
778 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
26 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
CCD - High Resolution CCD Camera |
DCS - Data Collecting System Transponder |
| HRC - High Resolution Camera |
| WFI - Wide Field Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | CCD, WFI |
| Vegetation | CCD, WFI |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | CCD, HRC, WFI |