[2] CBERS-2B was a 1,450-kilogram (3,200-pound) spacecraft built by the China Academy of Space Technology and based on the Phoenix-Eye 1 satellite bus.

[1] The spacecraft was powered by a single solar array, which provided 1100 watts of electricity for the satellite's systems.

The data help in crop estimation, urban planning, water resource management, and military intelligence.

[6] The instrument suite aboard the CBERS-2B spacecraft consisted of three systems: The HRC replaced the lower-resolution Infrared Multispectral Scanner instrument flown on earlier CBERS satellites.

[8] The CBERS-2B spacecraft suffered a power system failure on 10 May 2010, leaving it unable to continue operations.