The remote sensing satellite “Shuilixing No. 1” has been successfully launched and is expected to be put into use before next year’s flood season.
According to the latest news from the Ministry of Water Resources, on December 17th at 02:50, the “Shuili-1” remote sensing satellite was successfully launched at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. This is China’s first remote sensing monitoring satellite officially named after water conservancy, and it will play an important supporting role in the construction of “sky-based” monitoring in the “sky-ground-water-engineering” integrated monitoring and perception system of digital twin water conservancy.
The launch was jointly conducted by the Information Center of the Ministry of Water Resources and the commercial satellite enterprise Aerospace Hongtu Information Technology Co., Ltd. The first water conservancy satellite was sent into space by adopting the method of one carrier with four satellites. The “Shuili-1” and other three satellites are all sun-synchronous orbit X-band SAR satellites with functions such as all-day and all-weather observation of the ground, high-resolution imaging, high-precision deformation monitoring, and intelligent processing in orbit. The “Shuili-1” remote sensing satellite will acquire, process and apply remote sensing data in real time, providing strong support for China’s important water conservancy businesses such as flood disasters, sudden water-related events, river lake reservoir water bodies, and water engineering safety monitoring, further improving the monitoring methods and efficiency of water conservancy profession.
Focusing on accelerating the construction of a digital twin water conservancy system with the functions of “prediction, warning, preview, and pre-plan”, the Ministry of Water Resources continues to promote technological innovation, application innovation, and model innovation, and actively promotes the development of professional water conservancy satellites. The launch of the “Shuili-1” remote sensing satellite fully leveraged the advantages of government and enterprise needs, resources, and technology. The Aerospace Hongtu Company was responsible for it, and the Information Center of the Ministry of Water Resources and other units participated in and shared its use. The four satellites launched this time will be networked with the four satellites launched on November 9th to provide all-weather and high-resolution radar image data for water-related businesses such as flood prevention and mitigation, river lake reservoir water bodies, water engineering safety, and surface deformation monitoring. They are expected to be officially put into use before the flood season next year.
The head of the Information Center of the Ministry of Water Resources expressed at the launch site that they will take the opportunity of the launch of the “Shuili-1” remote sensing satellite to continue to deepen cooperation among all parties, promote technological innovation and upgrading of water conservancy monitoring and perception, accelerate the construction of a water conservancy remote sensing satellite application constellation, lead the development of new productive forces in water conservancy, and make new contributions to promoting the high-quality development of water conservancy and ensuring China’s water security.
