* The Beijing-3 snapped hi-res images of a 1,470 square-mile area of the US in 42 seconds.
* The satellite can rotate rapidly in orbit without compromising image quality, researchers said.
* This unprecedented feat means China can scan large areas in a single sweep, all in high definition.
A small, one-ton Chinese satellite can quickly snap high-resolution images of US cities that are so detailed they can identify individual military vehicles and the weapons they carry, Chinese scientists involved in the Beijing-3 satellite project said on Tuesday.
The commercial Beijing-3 satellite, launched by China in June, conducted an in-depth scan of a 1,470 square-mile area in the San Francisco Bay.
The satellite captured the area within 42 seconds, The South China Morning Post first reported, citing results published this month in the Chinese peer-reviewed journal Spacecraft Engineering.
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WNU Editor: The Chinese are showing once again that they are capable leap-frogging everyone in certain areas of science and engineering.
China's New Satellite Can Capture Hi-Res Images In Seconds
A Chinese Satellite Can Allegedly Take High-Res Images of US Cities In Seconds -- Interesting Engineering
Chinese AI satellite takes ultra-high res images from orbit at speeds ‘never before seen’ -- NYPost/The SUN
China launches nimble satellite capable of taking images three times faster than US counterpart -- The Telegraph
China Successfully Tests Satellite Able to Capture HQ Photos of US City in Less Than 1 Min - Report -- Sputnik
Chinese satellite snaps hi-res imagery of San Francisco in seconds -- RT
But America graduates more American literature majors and women studies majors than China. Don't forget Queer studies. We are a galaxy leader there.
ReplyDeleteI voted a billion times, m.y dear leader, sig hail
ReplyDeleteWell, that's not a better resolution that KH12 did a lot of years ago. The only difference is the "release time"... which is not a problem for America because we have so much more satellite than China.
ReplyDeletehere is what a well versed but non tech or science guys knows:
ReplyDeletethat post is misleading. It is not a question of how fast an image can be taken but rather how long it takes to down load it to a station for analysis!
You are not "well versed".
DeleteTip: Stick to what you know.
and I forgot:
ReplyDeletecan that see through clouds..we now have that capability
tip: central control in a dictatorship can do what the Chinese are doing and it has issues in a nation with govt structure such as ours
Oh look, an English major, who rarely capitalizes or punctuates.
ReplyDeleteTaking the picture and downloading the picture us the end of it, eh?
What about analyst time at the CIA or DIA?
You did not include politician dither time. That could be years.
Watch "The Real Story of ... Zero Dark Thirty"
Politician dither time can be years. That's no joke!
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