02 June 2020
China's popular video sharing platform Bilibili announced on 1 June that it would launch a remote sensing satellite in late June for the production of popular science content. Bilibili said that the satellite, called "Bilibili Video Satellite", is a gift to people with a curious mind on Children's Day. According to Bilibili, the satellite, like an "eye" that sees the world from space, will look down on Earth in a sun-synchronous orbit more than 500 km from the ground, and can circle Earth 15 times a day. With a three-dimensional imaging function, the satellite can realize high-precision remote sensing of Earth, capture the city lights at night, observe the changes of Earth's aurora, and also observe space objects such as the Moon and Saturn.
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