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CBERS-4
Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-14. Not independently verified by Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais.
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CBERS-4 (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 4, also known as ZY-01-4 or ZY-1 FM4) is a joint Brazil-China land-resource and environmental monitoring satellite launched on 2014-12-07.[1][2] It flies a sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 778 km altitude with a 10:30 local solar time.[3] The satellite carries five instruments: MUXCAM, PANMUX, WFI-2, IRMSS-2, and a Data Collection System (DCS).[2] CEOS records CBERS-4 as operational extended with EOL December 2025, while WMO OSCAR recorded it as operational with EOL at least 2026 as of a 2026 update.[2][3] Applications include land-cover change monitoring, deforestation tracking, inland water mapping, and agricultural land analysis; the Brazil Data Cube ingests CBERS-4 imagery as input data for national-scale time-series analysis.[4] INPE operates the mission; CRESDA is the Chinese co-lead agency.[2]
All fields
| current status | extended |
| operator | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais |
| launch vehicle | casc-long-march-4b |
| Launched | 2014-12-07 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous orbit, 778 km altitude, 10:30 local solar time |
| swath km | 866 |
| revisit days | 5 |
| tasking supported | false |
| current geographic priority | Brazil, China, and global land-resource and environmental monitoring |
| Last updated | 2026-06-14 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
Compositional position
- [1]CEOS MIM mission summary: CBERS-4community2026-06-14
- [2]WMO OSCAR satellite record: CBERS-4community2026-06-14
- [3]Brazil Data Cube input data: CBERS-4agency doc2026-06-14
- [4]UN-SPIDER news: China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite launchedagency doc2026-06-14