China launches AIRSAT-05 satellite featuring advanced on-orbit intelligence
(ECNS) -- Satellite AIRSAT-05 was successfully launched from the Dongfeng commercial space pilot zone in northwest China on Monday and had entered its designated orbit, the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.
The main payload of AIRSAT-05 is an X-band multi-polarization synthetic aperture radar (SAR), supporting multiple operation modes with an imaging resolution better than 1 meter and a maximum swath width of over 300 kilometers.
Equipped with an intelligent on-orbit processing module, the satellite is capable of extracting ice and ocean information in space.
It can also achieve two-way interconnection with ground mobile platforms, improving the timeliness of remote sensing services.
The satellite will be part of the AIRSAT constellation operated by AIRSAT Group to provide support for applications in marine environment and security monitoring, polar research and navigation, land resource surveys, and disaster emergency response.
(By Gong Weiwei)