China, Brazil to offer satellite data to Africa | Xinhua, English

By , Posted 05/20/09

Link: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/20/content_11407388.htm

"BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- China and Brazil will provide satellite observation data for African countries through a joint space program, according to agreements inked here on Wednesday. The Earth receiving stations of Hartebeeshoek in South Africa, Aswan in Egypt and Maspaloms in Spain will process and distribute data from the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite-02B (CBERS-02B) to African states. It's also for the first time China became an exporter of Earth observation data," said Guo Jianning, general director of the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application." Thanks to Doug Messien of Parabolic Arc http://www.parabolicarc.com for finding this.