China begins construction of satellite system that can notice natural disasters before they happen

China has begun the construction of a constellation of 36 low-orbit satellites to gather information for forecasting natural disasters and monitoring urban emergencies, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The project, undertaken by the Tianjin Satcom Geohe Technologies Company Limited, was inaugurated on Tuesday in China’s spacecraft launch centre of Wenchang, in south China’s Hainan Province.

Guo Jianqiang, president of the tech firm based in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, said the first satellite would be inaugurated in space in June 2022.

All 36 satellites would have been inaugurated by the end of May 2023 to complete the constellation.

The satellite network would provide high-resolution images to help observers identify millimetre-level geological deformations in order to gauge the possibilities of geological disasters such as landslide, subsidence and collapse, said Guo, also an official with China Geological Survey.

Guo said satellite data combined with geological survey and monitoring data captured by ground sensors in geohazard-prone areas could significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of natural disaster prediction.

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