CBERS-3

 2003-049A

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The second China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, CBERS-2 was built at INPE in Brazil. It was launched from China in Oct 2003 on a CZ-4B and called ZY-1 No. 2 by the Chinese, although they also refer to it as

\uni{ 中巴地球资源卫星02星 }{ }

(Zhongba diqiu ziyuan weixing 02 xing, Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 02). Mass was 1550 kg.

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CBERS 2 before launch

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Illustration of CBERS 2 on orbit

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ZY-1 No 2/CBERS-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Oct 21	0316	Launch by CZ-4B
		T+2:33 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:34 Stage 1 sep
		T+2:54 Fairing sep
		T+4:37 St 2 MECO
		T+4:47 St 2 VECO
		T+4:48 St 2 sep
		T+4:48 St 3 burn
	0327	T+11:18 St 3 MECO
	0328	T+12:28 ZY 1 sep
	0328	T+12:55 CX sep
2003 Oct 22			99.62 730 x 750 x 98.54
2003 Oct 24		Orbit raise	99.98 751 x 763 x 98.5
2003 Oct 27		Orbit raise	100.27 770 x 771 x 98.5
2004 Jan 14			100.32 772 x 774 x 98.5
2006 Aug 8			100.32 772 x 774 x 98.4