SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 SDS-4 Session 2 Mission updates CBERS-3 INPE – CRESDA

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Launch and commissioning CBERS-3 is ready for launch – December 27 th, 2013 Commissioning phase – 3 months – 10 days for initial tests before it reaches the final orbit – 75 days for in-orbit tests (subsystems, performance and payload functionalities) Beginning of operational phase – April 2014 Design lifetime – 3 years Data policy – free and open access

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Cameras and instruments PayloadsMUXCamPanMUXIRSWFI-2 ManufacturerBrazilChina Brazil TypePushbroom ScannerPushbroom Revisit time26 days52 days (nadir operation) side looking (32 degrees) 26 days5 days Quantization8 bits 10 bits Data rate68 Mbits/s67, 100 Mbits/s17 Mbits/s53 Mbits/s Compression2:1 pan band

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Cameras and instruments PayloadsMUXCamPanMUXIRSWFI-2 Band µm µm µm µm Band µm µm µm Band µm µm µm Band µm µm µm Resolution 20 m5 m, 10 m40 m, 80 m64 m Swath width120 km60 km120 km866 km

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Acquisition strategy CBERS-3 is driven by national and regional applications over Brazil, China and Africa, and to provide data to the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters Application 1 – Brazil and China – Default acquisition mode: full coverage, nadir viewing, 4 cameras Application 2 – CBERS for Africa initiative – Default acquisition mode: full coverage, nadir viewing, 4 cameras, over operational ground stations in Africa

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 CBERS for Africa initiative

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 CBERS for Africa initiative CBERS-2B agreements South Africa, Hartebeeshoek – CSIR/SANSA Spain, The Canary Islands, Maspalomas – INTA New agreements Agreement signed with SANSA for CBERS-3 Agreement signed with INTA for CBERS-3 Near future Gabon is setting up a ground station for CBERS Kenya (Malindi, Nairobi) to cover Equatorial Africa Egypt, Aswan – NARSS Agreement signed with AGEOS for CBERS-3

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Acquisition strategy Capacity to accommodate GFOI acquisition requests – Full coverage over Brazil (2 passes/day) and China (3 passes/day) – Full coverage over ground stations in Africa (2 passes/day) – Best effort to cover any other region using the OBDR (1 pass/day) Capacity to augment plan “on the fly” – 15 minutes duty cycle for each camera – Solid state OBDR with capacity of 274 Gbits – OBDR can record 15 minutes per day (maximum) – 50% time share between Brazil and China

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 CBERS-3 Data processing Processing levels – Terrain corrected images, where digital elevation data are available – System corrected image data Data formats – Standard GeoTIFF Means of data distribution – Open access on

SDCG-4, Pasadena, CA/USA September 4-6, 2013 SDS-4 Session 2 Mission updates Thank you! CBERS-3 INPE – CRESDA