INPE - 1997

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The first high resolution regional weather forecast in Brazil starts to work.
Historical Forecast about the mega-drought that hit Brazilian Northeast since April 1998.
SCD2-A satellite is lost in the first launch of the Satellite Launch Vehicle (VLS) prototype. Brazil has entered the International Space Station Program (ISS), and INPE is the responsible to implement the activities planned for Brazil.
Installation of the ionospheric scintillation measurements station network using GPS signals and involving INPE and Cornell Univesity
32 GHz girotron was tested by the Associated Plasma Laboratory (LAP). Total current of electron beam moving coil is 5 A and accelerating voltage is 45 kV. Conversion efficiency of pulsed beam power to microwave power reached 18% for TE_2,2 mode and 16% for TE_1,2.
EducaSere Project.

Students exhibit works about the benefits of using space technology to the society.

Hale-Bopp comet passes by the Sun after 4,200 years.

Hale-Bopp comet.