Objectives and Applications
Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface. Launch failure.
Full Name
China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 3
aka ZY-01-3
Mission Status
N/A
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
10 Dec 2013
Mission Links
EOL Date
10 Dec 2013
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100.3 minutes
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
DCS - Data Collecting System Transponder |
IRS - Thermal and Multispectral Scanner |
MUX (CBERS-4) - Multispectral CCD Camera |
PAN (CBERS-4) - Panchromatic and Multispectral Imager |
WFI (CBERS-4) - Wide Field Imager (CBERS) |