Next Sino-Brazilian satellite nearly ready for launch

A new Sino-Brazilian earth-observation satellite has entered a three-week testing phase and is scheduled to be launched from Taiyuan around September, experts said yesterday. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) started working on the so-called Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) 02B satellite last June. More

(Source: Chinadaily.com.cn - Jun 15)