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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