China, Brazil sign document on satellite data sharing

China, Brazil sign document on satellite data sharing
(Xinhua) April 19, 2010
China and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding which gives both countries direct access to data from the satellites the two countries jointly developed, launched and operated. The document was signed by the president of the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application, Xu Wen, and the general director of Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Gilberto Camara, in the Brazilian city of Sao Jose dos Campos, where the INPE headquarters are located. The INPE said on Monday the agreement has made the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite Program (CBERS) global.