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China's Smart Dragon-3 Rocket Launches 2 Satellites From Sea
- A Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket launched two Oriental Smart Eye hyperspectral satellites from the sea near Haiyang, Shandong province, China, on August 5, 2026.
- The satellites weigh about 300 kg each and have hyperspectral imagers with 22 spectral bands, 5-meter spatial resolution, and a 300 km imaging swath.
- These satellites provide global revisit coverage every five days and can capture detailed spectral data to identify materials and measure environmental properties such as vegetation and water quality.
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HAIYANG (CHINA) (XINHUA/ITALPRESS) - A Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket, carrying the Oriental Smart Eye 01 and 02 hyperspectral satellites on board, has taken off today from the sea off the city of Haiyang, in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. Satellites have entered the planned orbits. The open-sea launch mission was conducted by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre.(ITALPRESS).
·Rome, Italy
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The devices are intended to reinforce high-precision observation in Chinese territory and support global monitoring of land and sea.
·Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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China has successfully launched two hyperspectral imaging satellites equipped with artificial intelligence technology from the sea.
·Istanbul, Türkiye
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