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According to the National Institute of Space Investigations of Brazil (INEP) the second earth resource satellite, CBERS-2, developed jointly by Brazil and China, finished its five years' mission on Tuesday.
The CBERS-2 was launched on Oct. 21, 2003 aboard a  Chinese Long March 4B rocket from the  Taiyuan launch facilities in China.
Sample images from CBERS-2 were made available on Jan. 10, 2007.
The launch was the second satellite the Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resource Satellite (CBERS) program, agreed by both countries 20 years ago to develop, launch and operate satellites together.
The first satellite, CBERS-1, was launched on Oct. 14, 1999 and operated for four years till August 2003.
The agreement between the two countries foresees the launch of two other satellites, the CBERS-3 and CBERS-4, till 2013.
The CBERS is currently part of the main Earth-observing mission programs in the world, together with the U.S. Landsat, French Spotand Indian ResoruceSat.
According to the INEP, the program is a successful example of South-South cooperation on high technology.
 
Source Xinhua

Em 21 de outubro de 2003, do Centro de Lançamento de Taiyuan, na China, foi colocado em órbita o segundo satélite do Programa CBERS. Embora sua vida útil tenha sido projetada para dois anos, o CBERS-2 ainda mantém uma de suas três câmeras em operação, a CCD. Em conjunto com o CBERS-2B, lançado há um ano, pela primeira vez o Brasil conta com dois instrumentos próprios para vigiar o seu território com melhor capacidade e freqüência de observação.
O Programa CBERS (sigla para China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite; em português, Satélite Sino-Brasileiro de Recursos Terrestres) teve início há 20 anos com a assinatura do acordo de cooperação entre o Brasil e a China. A parceria garantiu a ambos o domínio da tecnologia do sensoriamento remoto, estratégica para monitorar desmatamentos, áreas agrícolas e o desenvolvimento urbano.

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