(Note the out of focus area on the image that shows the camera being prepared for shipment to China)
Quote from: Satori on 04/08/2012 10:31 am(Note the out of focus area on the image that shows the camera being prepared for shipment to China)That does not look out-of focus but deliberately obscured?
Rui, is there still any chance of this satellite making to orbit in 2012?
I haven't seen any news about this this from Brazilian sources, but the CEOS page (http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missiontable.aspx) is now giving February 2013 as the launch date for this mission. This information needs to be confirmed.
Quote from: Satori on 11/04/2012 06:25 pmI haven't seen any news about this this from Brazilian sources, but the CEOS page (http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missiontable.aspx) is now giving February 2013 as the launch date for this mission. This information needs to be confirmed.Looks like Xinhua News is disagreeing with you: a news article about Sino-Brazillian co-operation on the CBERS program published on November 3rd still pencils 2012 and 2014 as the launch dates for CBERS-3/4.http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2012-11/04/c_113599084.htm
From China.org (in Spanish): ESPECIAL: CBERS, la joya de la corona de la cooperación tecnológica Brasil-China.So. according to this article, CBERS-3 is going to be launch 'in the next weeks'.