Amazônia 1
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The Amazônia-1 or SSR-1 (in Portuguese: Satélite de Sensoriamento Remoto-1), is the second Earth observation satellite developed entirely in Brazil, the first being the SCD series of earth orbiters launched in 1993 which are still in operation. Argentinian company INVAP supplied some components like the main computer, attitude controls and sensors. Brazilian scientists also exchanged information and gave inputs to the Argentine team in the development of such equipment to better suit their needs, and also received training on how to operate it.
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- Mass
- 640
- Official website
- www.inpe.br/amazonia1
- Image
- Amazonia 1 PMM with Payload Module.jpg
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- Amazônia 1
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2021-02-28
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The Amazônia-1 or SSR-1 (in Portuguese: Satélite de Sensoriamento Remoto-1), is the second Earth observation satellite developed entirely in Brazil, the first being the SCD series of earth orbiters launched in 1993 which are still in operation. Argentinian company INVAP supplied some components like the main computer, attitude controls and sensors. Brazilian scientists also exchanged information and gave inputs to the Argentine team in the development of such equipment to better suit their needs, and also received training on how to operate it.
The satelite was launched at 04:54:00 UTC (10:24:00 IST) on 28 February 2021. Operations will be joint with the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program (CBERS-4) satellite.