China plans to launch a satellite in July to test a new technology that aims to give smartphone users almost instant access to high-definition cameras in space, the South China Morning Post reported, citing scientists involved in the project.
Wang Mi, a professor of remote sensing engineering at Wuhan University and chief designer of the Luojia-3 01 satellite programme, said the technology would mean an area or event could be live-streamed from orbit to a mobile device on the other side of the planet – with a delay of no more than 10 minutes. That type of service is at present only accessible in the war rooms of some of the most powerful nations.
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