Chinese Long March 4B lofts Brazil’s CBERS-3 spacecraft

Chinese Long March 4B lofts Brazil’s CBERS-3 spacecraft
December 8, 2013 by Rui C. Barbosa no alt
A Chinese Long March 4B launched the CBERS-3 satellite on Monday, marking the fourth cooperative mission between China and Brazil. The launch took place at 03:26 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complext at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.  CBERS-3 will operate on a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 778 kilometers.
  
    
                The Spacecraft: