BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Over the past 30 years, China and Brazil have achieved fruitful results in the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) project. So far, the two sides have jointly developed six China-Pakistan Earth Resources Satellites, and the China-Pakistan Earth Resources Satellite 04 and 04A satellites are currently operating well in orbit.
This is the information disclosed by the China National Space Administration at the China-Pakistan Symposium on Space Cooperation held in Beijing recently.
The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Cooperation Project began in 1988 and was led by China and Brazil**, with the China Academy of Space Technology and the Brazilian Institute of Space Technology cooperating in research and development. The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite is China's earliest series of civil transmission remote sensing satellites, and with the help of satellite data, China has carried out extensive international cooperation and exchanges with Brazil and other countries. The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite has also served as a satellite on duty for the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, and has provided free data to international organizations such as the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response.
José Hemondo, former director general of the Brazilian Space Agency, who came to Beijing to attend the forum, believes that the space cooperation between China and Brazil is almost unique in the world, and the cooperation between the two countries in the space field is very holistic and close to each other.
The relevant person in charge of the China National Space Administration said that the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite data has benefited agriculture, forestry, water resources management, urban planning, environment and disaster monitoring and other fields, and has been widely used in China and Brazil and the international community, promoting the progress of space technology between China and Brazil and even global cooperation in remote sensing applications. (ENDS).