CBERS FOR AFRICA Joao Vianei Soares Director for Earth Observations

Brazilian remote sensing satellites Launch 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 CBERS-2* 2003 CBERS-2B* CBERS-3* CBERS-4* Amazonia-1 MapSAR Sept, 1st, 2007 * With China

Plan INPE 2020 2010 2015 2020 CBERS-5A CBERS-7 (SAR) CBERS-5B CBERS-3 GPM Amazonia-1 Lattes-1 Lattes-2 Amazonia-3 MAPSAR Amazonia-2

CBERS: exemple to the world CBERS-2 Launch (21 October 2003)

CBERS 3 – 4 Sensor Configuration WFI 73 m (860 km) MSS 40 m (120 km) CCD 20 m (120 km) MUX 10 m (60 km) PAN 5 m (60 km) 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.3 Built by China Built by Brazil mm

Industrial police: CBERS-3,4 Participation of National Industry - 50% of sub-sistems Structure Telecom Cameras Energy suply Total of national contracts – US$150 million

Exemple of nacional achievements Camera MUX (OPTO) Main sensor on CBERS-3/4 CCD with 5 bands and 20 m resolution

Assembly and testing laboratory - LIT

Assembly of CBERS-2B at LIT (2006-2007)

Distribution of CBERS Imagery (01/05/04 a 01/03/06) Number of scenes distributed (145 Mb/image) 300.000 Institutions 5.200 Scenes per week 2.170 Average recquired time 10 min

CBERS USERS (%) Government 23% R&D 26% Private sector 51%

Agrobusiness management using CBERS-2

CBERS-2 CCD, Minas Gerais, Brazil

CBERS Distribution for neighboring countries Free distribution extended to the footprint of Cuibá ground Station

CBERS being considered as a potential gap filler for Landsat

CBERS2-B for Africa Brasil and China agreed to grant a no-access fee of CBERS2-B to African countries. South Africa and Spain will use their ground stations to receive, process and distribute CBERS data. GEO offer GEOportal (web) and GEONETcast to reach the end user. A coordinated effort in infrastructure Capacity Building for Earth Observations

CBERS program as a infrastructure capacity building Ingestion system cost US$400K Who pays? Satellite owners? Ground stations? EO Donnors?