The CBERS-4A satellite, created in collaboration between Brazil and China, will be launched on December 17, according to the National Institute for Space Research.
This sixth remote sensing satellite developed and manufactured by the two countries has been tested since May at the Laboratory of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
The satellite will be put into orbit from the Taiyuan Launch Base, about 500 kilometers from Beijing, by a Chinese rocket.
According to the National Institute for Space Research, the device went through a series of assembly, integration and testing activities in its laboratories during the 18 months it was in Brazil.
The so-called China?Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program (CBERS) is a joint project initiated more than two decades ago that has allowed both countries to master the technology of remote surveillance with cameras and sensors for Earth observation.
Such an initiative, which offers free satellite images to different countries in Latin America and Africa, is considered the greatest spatial cooperation project among developing countries.