It will be used to monitor natural disasters
China launched the world’s first high-orbit synthetic aperture radar satellite using a Long March-3B rocket.
“ China launched the L-SAR4 01 satellite at 01:26 Beijing time [20:26 Saturday Moscow time] by a Long March-3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Cosmodrome in Sichuan Province in southwestern China ,” the China National Space Administration said. (CNSA). The satellite has already entered its planned orbit.
The creators explained that L-SAR4 01 is equipped with ” the world’s first high-orbit synthetic aperture radar entered the project stage, it will be mainly used to provide remote sensing information services [of the Earth].”
China launches world’s first high orbit synthetic aperture satellite
Radar aperture synthesis is a method that makes it possible to obtain radar images of the planet’s surface, regardless of meteorological conditions and the level of natural light, with detail comparable to aerial photographs.
The developers believe that synthetic aperture radar ” will improve the accuracy of identification and the effectiveness of information about anomalous changes resulting from natural disasters, as well as enhance the ability to prevent and deal with natural disasters .”
