Objectives and Applications
Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface (joint with INPE).
Full Name
China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
14 Oct 1999
Mission Links
EOL Date
12 Oct 2003
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100.26 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
778 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:50
Repeat Cycle
26 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
CCD - High Resolution CCD Camera |
DCS - Data Collecting System Transponder |
| IR-MSS - Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
| WFI - Wide Field Imager |