CBERS-3
Sign in to saveAlso known as Earth Resources Satellite 3, ZY-1 03, Zi Yuan 1-03, Ziyuan 1-03
China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 3 (CBERS-3), also known as Ziyuan I-03 or Ziyuan 1D, was a remote sensing satellite intended for operation as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the Chinese Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. The fourth CBERS satellite to fly, it was lost in a launch failure in December 2013.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Earth observation satellite
- Part of
- Ziyuan
- Country of origin
- China
- Followed by
- CBERS-4
- Follows
- CBERS-2B
- Developer
- China Academy of Space Technology
- Image
- CBERS-3 001.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Long March 4B
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2013-12-09
- start point
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
- Commons category
- CBERS-3
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China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 3 (CBERS-3), also known as Ziyuan I-03 or Ziyuan 1D, was a remote sensing satellite intended for operation as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the Chinese Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. The fourth CBERS satellite to fly, it was lost in a launch failure in December 2013.
==Spacecraft== CBERS-3 was a spacecraft based on the Phoenix-Eye 1 satellite bus. It was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, in partnership with Brazil, at a cost of US$125 million for each party. The spacecraft had a single solar array which would have provided power to its systems, generating 2,300 watts of electrical power, and had a design life of three years.
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