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The new threat to the US is this small Chinese satellite | Digital Trends Spanish


According to a group of Chinese scientists, the Beijing-3 satellite is capable of taking high-resolution images of cities in the United States in a few seconds.

It is a small one-ton device that is capable of capturing photographs so detailed that they can identify military vehicles and the weapons they carry.

The Beijing-3 was launched in June and has already performed a full scan of a 1,470-square-mile area in the San Francisco Bay. In accordance with The South China Morning Post, the device only needed 42 seconds to register the zone completely.

Concern in America

The rapid advancement of Chinese space technology has US military authorities concerned.

In early December, General David Thompson, the Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations, assured that China could surpass the United States in space capabilities by 2030.

According to those in charge of the project, one of the main advantages that the Beijing-3 has is the ability to tilt and steer up to 10 degrees per second without affecting image quality while orbiting the Earth.

The advanced technology of this satellite allows it to perform a single scan to observe entire regions, such as the Yangtze River, on the east coast of China. This marks an important difference with the old spacecraft, which needed to pass through the same area several times to capture sharp images.

In addition, if equipped with artificial intelligence, the satellite can observe about 500 areas around the world with up to 100 return visits a day, the article added.

Although the quality of the images taken by the Beijing-3 cannot be compared with those of the Worldview-4 satellite in the United States, those in charge of the project assured that the strong point of the device is the response time, which is two or three. three times faster than the Worldview-4, retired in 2019 due to a failure in its stabilization system.

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