Xi'an Aviation Investment Qinling small Satellite Constellation Project officially launched

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen grass Luo Yuzi for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com November 19 news, Xi'an Aerospace Investment Co., Ltd. Qinling small satellite constellation project has been officially launched on November 18, known as "China's star chain."

According to reports, the Qinling small satellite constellation project, which integrates high time resolution, high spatial resolution and wide hyperspectral satellites, optical remote sensing satellites and SAR remote sensing satellites, consists of 128satellites and will be completed in two phases.

After the completion of this constellation, it will be aimed at the fields of Qinling protection, natural resources monitoring, environmental protection monitoring, agroforestry, emergency management, intelligent construction sites, meteorology and hydrology, disaster reduction and disaster relief, finance and insurance, etc. to provide any target high-frequency revisit monitoring for Shaanxi Province, especially in Xi'an, which can easily and quickly meet the market needs of users and the Internet of things.

CTOnews.com learned that Xi'an Air Investment successfully launched the Xi'an Air Investment No.1 satellite on August 10, 2022, completed the Xi'an Aviation Investment Satellite data Center and carried out GIS remote sensing mapping data services, which laid a good foundation for this constellation project.

In addition, Xi'an Aviation Investment plans to launch 2000 small satellites in the future, continue to expand constellation construction, build a "space-based Internet of things", and achieve all-weather, all-weather, full-spectrum real-time and efficient satellite data services. It will also build "two stars, two projects, one plan", such as the sky survey project, the flying project, and the manned space program.