FBM [CNES]
FBM (Franco-Brazilian Microsatellite) is a project in the CNES Myriade microsatellite series. It is the first international cooperation in the frame of this program. The mission is mainly devoted to equatorial low orbit environmental knowledge and also to technological qualifications.
The technological and scientific experiments of the mission are:
In May 2003, CNES has cancelled its participation on this mission for budgetary reasons.
Nation: | France, Brazil |
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Type / Application: | Science |
Operator: | CNES, INPE |
Contractors: | CNES |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | Myriade |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 100 kg |
Orbit: | 750 km × 750 km |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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FBM | - | cancelled | Al VLS | VLS-1 |