The BRICS joint observation will be carried out using six operating satellites: Gaofen-6 and Ziyuan-III 02 developed by China, CBERS-4 jointly developed by Brazil and China, a Kanopus-V type developed by Russia, and Resourcesat-2 and Resourcesat-2A developed by India.
Since 2007, NASS has used satellite data from Landsat, Sentinel-2, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, and Resourcesat-2 to derive land cover products, investigate crop progress and conditions, and produce crop production statistics throughout the growing season.
The contributed satellites will include CBERS-4 (jointly by Brazil and China), Kanopus-V type (of Russia), Resourcesat-2 and -2A (of India), and GF-6 and ZY-3/02 (of China).