China Satellite Grabs Hi-Res Images of US City in Seconds

In just 42 seconds, a small Chinese satellite captured images of a large area around a US city that would be sharp enough to identify a military vehicle and tell what type of weapon it might be carrying, the South China Morning Post reported, citing scientists who reported on the breakthrough.

The Beijing-3 small commercial satellite can take images while rotating at up to 10 degrees per second, a speed allegedly not seen on a satellite before, the report said, adding that coupled with AI on board, the satellite can monitor up to 500 areas of interest around the globe with nearly 100 revisits a day.

Read the full report: South China Morning Post.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.