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| 1961
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Presidential
decree creates the GOCNAE (Grupo de Organização
da Comissão Nacional de Atividades Espaciais)
( Group for the Organization of the National Space
Activities Commission), INPE’s embryo. |
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| 1963
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The
GOCNAE becomes the CNAE (Comissão Nacional
de Atividades Espaciais) (National Commission
of Space Activities). |
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The
Aeronautics Ministry establishes the GTEPE (Grupo
de Trabalho de Estudos e Projetos Espaciais) Workgroup
of Space Studies and Projects). |
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1965
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First
campaigns for launching INPE work-loaded probing
rockets, from Barreira do Inferno Launching Center
(Natal/RN).. |
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| 1966
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The
GTEPE is created.
Beginning of the Meteorologia por Satélite
(Meteorology by Satellite) (MESA) program –
reception of meteorological images. |
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| 1968
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Beginning
of the post-graduation courses. |
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1969
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Beginning
of activities in remote sensing. |
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The
CNAE is extinct. INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais – National Institute of Space
Research) is created, associated to the CNPq.
The Comissão Brasileira de Atividades Espaciais
(Brazilian Commission of Space Activities) (COBAE)
is created. |
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1972 / 73
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Implementation
of the remote sensing Satellite data reception
station, in Cuiabá (MT). |
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1979
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The
MECB (Missão Espacial Completa Brasileira)
(Complete Brazilian Space Mission) is approved.
It is established that INPE will develop data
collecting and remote sensing Satellites, and
CTA will develop the Satellite launching vehicle
and the implementation of a Brazilian launching
Center. |
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| 1980
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Transfer
of the Centro de Radioastronomia e Astrofísica
Mackenzie (CRAAM) (Mackenzie Radioastronomy and
Astrophysics Center) over to INPE. |
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| 1982
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First
scientific expedition to Antarctica.
Investment in infrastructure for the Complete
Brazilian Space Mission: Integration and Tests
Laboratory (1983-87) and the Satellite Tracking
and Control Center (1987-89). |
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| 1985
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The
Science and Technology Ministry (MCT) is created.
INPE passed over to the MCT, as an autonomous
organ. |
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| 1986
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Creation
of the Associated Laboratories – Plasma,
Sensors and Materials, Computing and Applied Mathematics
and Combustion and Propulsion.
Beginning of the burned land monitoring
program. |
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| 1987
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Inauguration
of the Integration and Tests Laboratory. |
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| 1988
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Execution
of the Cooperation Agreement between Brazil and
China, aiming at the development of Satellites
(CBERS-1 and CBERS-2). |
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| 1989
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The
SCT (Secretaria Especial da Ciência e Tecnologia)
(Special Science and Technology Bureau) is created
as an organ integrating the Republic’s Presidency.
Start-up of PRODES – Project Brazilian
Amazonian Forest Monitoring by Satellites, with
annual data survey about data on the deforestation
of Legal Amazonia. |
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| 1990 |
INPE
is denominated Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (National Institute for Space Research)
and integrated to the SCT/PR Republic’s
Presidency Science and Technology Bureau’s
basic structure. |
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| 1992
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SCT
becomes the Science and Technology Ministry (MCT),
and INPE is integrated to it in the condition
of a specific organ. |
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| 1993
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SCD-1,
the first data collecting Brazilian satellite,
wholly developed by INPE, is launched from Cape
Canaveral, in Florida, USA. |
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| 1994
|
INPE
creates CPTEC (Centro de Previsão do Tempo
e Estudos Climáticos) (Weather Forecast
and Climatic Studies Center). Brazilian Space
Agency is created to replace COBAE. |
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| 1995
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MCT’s Regulatory Structure
is created and INPE comes to integrate it, in
the quality of a Singular Specific Organ. |
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| 1998 |
Launching
of the SCD-2, also from the American base in Cape
Canaveral, in Florida. |
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| 1999
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Launching
of the CBERS-1 – Earth Resources Chinese-Brazilian
Satellite, from a Taiwan base in China. |
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| 2002
|
Execution
of a new cooperation agreement between Brazil
and China for the development of Satellites CBERS-3
and CBERS-4. |
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| 2003
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Launching
of Satellite CBERS-2, also from the Taiwan Chinese
base.
SCD-1 completes tem years in orbit.
SCD-2 completes five years in orbit.
The Amazonian monitoring system gains a digital
image classification, which is made available
on Internet. |
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| 2004
|
Free
CBERS image Catalog is made available on Internet.
Nation-wide Thunderbolt Monitoring Network
is made available on Internet.
INPE Supercomputer places Brazil among the eight
countries with high processing capacity in weather
and climate numerical forecast. |
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| 2005 |
Amazonian
Deforestation Real Time Detection Program Data
(Detecção de Desmatamento da Amazônia
em Tempo Real (DETER) are made available on Internet.
INPE reaches the 100-thousand CBERS images
distributed, thus becoming the largest world CBERS
image distributor.
Integration and Tests Laboratory totalizes 1000
clients served. |
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| 2006 |
Free
CBERS image catalog is extended to whole South
America.
The United States receive CBERS images. |
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