National Institute of Space Research (INPE) on Wednesday infored that Brazil is to  launch the first Earth observation satellite designed, integrated, tested and operated by the country.The satellite, named Amazonia 1, will be launched on February 28 

In a statement, INPE said that the satellite, named Amazonia 1, will be launched on February 28 from the launch base in Sriharikota, India, and will be the third Brazilian remote sensing satellite in operation. The agency further said, "The Amazon Mission will consolidate Brazil's expertise in the comprehensive development of a space mission using three-axis stabilized satellites since previous remote sensing satellites were developed in cooperation with other countries."

Amazonia 1 is a sun-synchronous orbit satellite that will generate images of the Earth every five days and is capable of observing a range of about 850 km with a resolution of 64 meters. It is part of the Amazon Mission created to provide remote sensing data to observe and monitor deforestation in the world's largest rainforest. It will also monitor agriculture throughout Brazil in synergy with existing environmental programs. The previous two, CBERS-4 and CBERS-4A, were developed by Brazil in partnership with China.

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