1. CBERS FOR AFRICA
Joao Vianei Soares
Director for Earth Observations

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Assembly and testing laboratory - LIT

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

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

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

12. Agrobusiness management using CBERS-2

13. CBERS-2 CCD, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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

15. CBERS being considered as a potential gap filler for Landsat

16. 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

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