Transcript Slide 1

INPE report to
CEOS
CEOS-20 meeting, Buenos Aires,
November 2006
Brazilian remote sensing satellites
Launch
CBERS-2
2003
CBERS-2B
2007
CBERS-3
2009
CBERS-4
2012
SSR-1
2009
SSR-2
2012
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
CBERS-2B Sensor Configuration
WFI 260 m (890 km)
CCD 20 m (120 km)
PAN 2.5 m (27 km)
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.9
Built by China
1.1
1.5
Built by Brazil
1.7
2.3
2.5
mm
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
mm
0.5
0.7
Built by China
0.9
1.1
Built by Brazil
1.5
1.7
2.1
2.3
CBERS Image Distribution in Brazil (1st May
2004 to 1st November 2006)
Total number of full CCD scenes
distributed (145 Mb/scene)
260,000
Number of institutions and
companies
Number of scenes produced per
week
Average time to process a user
request
Production environment
5,200
2170
10 min
14 PCs/Linux
User Distribution(%)
Government Institutions
23%
Educational Sector
26%
Private Companies
51%
Multimission platform
Brazil’s project of medium-sized satellites
MMP: General purpose bus
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Earth observation missions
polar or near–equatorial orbit
600 to 1200 km height
up to ~300 kg payload weight
175 W average / 900 W peak power
compatibility with launchers in the 500 – 600 kg
payload class
SSR-1 optical payload (2009 launch)
AWFI
0,45-0,52 B
Spectral bands ( mm)
Spatial resolution (m)
Swath (km)
Revisit period (days)
0,52-0,59 G
0,63-0,69 R
0,77-0,89 NIR
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800
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SAR payload (SSR-2) (under discussion with
DLR)
subreflector, data downlink
antenna reflector
antenna feed horn
SAR payload
solar panel
MMP
SSR-2 SAR payload
Parameters
Frequency
Polarization
Incidence interval
Spatial resolution
Swath
Orbit
Coverage
Look direction
Revisit period
Access to data
Add. requirements
L band
single, dual and quad polarization
20° – 45°
3 – 20 m
20 – 55 km
sun-synchronous
global
ascending/descending and left/right
weekly
near real time
Interferometry and stereoscopy
233 Imagens cobrem 9 estados
229 Amazonia Legal
Combination CBERS-LANDSAT
116-112
116-113
166-112
DETER – JUL/06 (>100 ha) - Novo Progresso
What have we learned?
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There is an enormous demand for remote
sensing data in developing countries
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Free on-line data access can significantly
increase the number of users of earth
observation data
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The CBERS data policy has been extremely
well-received by government and society in
Brazil