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On February 12, 2004, the No. 5
Research Institute under the China Space S&T Group
delivered Earth Resources Satellite 02, a new baby
from the cooperation between China and Brazil, to the China
Resources Satellite Application Center. Experts said the
deliverance of its elder sister, namely China - Brazil Earth
Resources Satellite 01 has put an end to the history that
both China and Brazil had to rely on the resources satellite
date provided by other countries. The deliverance of the
resources satellite 02 demonstrates that China has entered a
stage for producing series resources satellites. Chinese
scientists have kicked off the development of other members
of the series including 03 and 04.
The newly
delivered satellite is equipped with the instruments more
advanced than that on 01. These instruments are able to
provide more accurate data and images for land resources
monitoring, weather forecast, urban planning, environmental
protection, forest fire monitoring, crop yield prediction
etc.
It is explained that being the products
jointly developed by China and Brazil under a shared
investment, the 02 and 01 satellites constitute China's
first generation remote sensing satellites for earth
resources applications. Launched in 1999, the satellite 01
has ceased to work in August 2003. It sent back to the earth
large quantity of data products that have been widely used
by the two countries in the fields of land resources,
mining, agriculture,
forestry, water resources, environmental
protection, marine affairs, and urban
planning.
It is reported that some other
countries have shown their interest in receiving the
resources data collected by the Earth Resources Satellite 02.
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