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Launched the second Chinese-Brazilian satellite

San Paolo, Brazil - The cooperation agreement between China and Brazil continues

Yesterday, the second Chinese-Brazilian satellite has been launched and aims to study earth resources and to send data back to earth. The CBers2 is the second satellite out of 4, and it has been positioned at 800km of height; the first CBers was launched back in October 1999. According to forecasts, next satellites will be send in orbit in 2006 and 2007; the cost of the project is of about USD 150m...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 54015
Rome, Italy, 10/23/2003 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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