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China To Launch The World's Most Powerful Hyperspectral Satellite

CCRSS will spot missile bunkers and launchers
By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer posted Jan 25th, 2016 at 12:29pm
China Hyperspectral ImagingChina Hyperspectral Imaging

Chinese Internet

Image Cuge

This hyperspectral image cube (layers of the image in hundreds of different EM wavelengths) of terrain allows for detailed analysis of the imaged area, since anomalies and features (such as mineral deposits) of the land would react differently to different EM wavelengths.

While SEAL Team 6 descended upon Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011, they used hyperspectral imaging to gain an edge in nighttime urban combat. But China is soon bringing that advantage to space, preparing to launch the world's most powerful hyperspectral imaging satellite.
China HJ-1B Satellite HyperspectralChina HJ-1B Satellite Hyperspectral

China National Space Administration

Many Eyes in One

Hyperspectral cameras, such as this one launched in 2008 on the HJ-1B microsatellite, share technology with spectrometers, which measure the material composition of objects through the unique signature that each material has to a certain EM wavelenght.

Electro-optical devices like cameras and infrared sensors generally observe only one band in the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e. cameras observe the band visible to human eyesight and infrared cameras view the infrared band. Hyperspectral cameras and sensors, on the other hand, can simultaneously view hundreds of electromagnetic bands for a single image, building a layered 'cube' of the image in different electromagnetic wavelengths. The use of such a wide range of wavelengths provides the ability to observe objects which conceal their emissions in one part of the spectrum (i.e. stealth aircraft and thermally suppressed engines) or are hidden (such as underground bunkers).
Chang'e 1 China Moon HyperspectralChang'e 1 China Moon Hyperspectral

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Chang'e 1 Lunar Scans

The Chang'e 1 lunar orbiter used a hyperspectral camera to identity different layers of mineral deposits in the lunar crust.

Since the 1970s, China has a strong history of scientific and civilian utilization of hyperspectral imaging. Space-based platforms include the Chang'e lunar missions and Earth-observation from the Tiangong space station and HJ-1 small satellite. Aircraft-mounted hyperspectral imagers are used for tasks such as environmental surveys, oil prospecting, disaster relief and crop measurement. As computer processing power improves and hyperspectral sensors get smaller, Chinese civilian and military applications are likely to expand.
China CCRSS satellite hyperspectral cameraChina CCRSS satellite hyperspectral camera

Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth

CCRSS

The CCRSS's hyperspectral camera will be the most powerful in orbit, with a 15 meter resolution across 328 electromagnetic bands, once launched later this year.

A key in this program is the China Commercial Remote-sensing Satellite System (CCRSS), to be launched later this year. It can collect data on 328 electromagnetic bands, offering very high resolution of up to 15 meters, according to the researchers from the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth in Beijing. In comparison, the U.S. TacSat 3, launched in 2010, collects only 300 electromagentic bands, at a lower resolution. While it is being launched for commercial users, like most other Chinese earth-observation satellites, it would also be available for military use.
Professor Xiang Libin President Xi Jinping China hyperspectralProfessor Xiang Libin President Xi Jinping China hyperspectral

South China Morning Post

Congratulations

Professor Xiang Libin, of the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, shakes Chinese President Xi Jinping's hands after received an unspecified decoration in the 2016 National Science and Technology Awards.

Notably, on January 8, 2016, hyperspectral expert Professor Xiang Libin of the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites received an award from President Xi Jinping during the 2016 national science and technology awards ceremony, for an unspecified project. Interestingly, Professor Xiang's non-mention on the awards program mirrors the scrubbing of a 2015 Feng Ru aeronautic award handed out to Professor Wang Zhengguo for developing China's first scramjet hypersonic engine.
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National Defense Magazine

You Can't Hide

U.S. Army troops already use hyperspectral imagery (often obtained from aircraft) to locate hidden hazards like IEDs (across many different EM wavelenghts, IEDs and other man-made objects give off a different imagery from natural features).

Broader Chinese advances in hyperspectral imaging can be expected to have a variety of military uses. Hyperspectral imaging can be a valuable tool for finding submarines and underwater mines in shallow waters. On land, they can determine the actual composition of objects to distinguish decoys (hyperspectral imaging can capture the differences in EM signature of a wooden decoy versus an actual missile launcher). In the air, hyperspectral sensors can passively detect even thermally shielded stealth aircraft. For counter-WMD missions, hyperspectral imaging can be used to detect nuclear and chemical weapons production, as well as locating the underground tunnels and bunkers that would house those strategic assets. For China, hyperspectral imaging is opening up a whole new world.



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美称中国将射最强高光谱成像卫星 探测隐形战机及核武
2016年01月27日 09:20 环球网 微博
新浪扶翼 行业专区
搭载“高分四号”卫星的长征三号乙运载火箭发射升空。 搭载“高分四号”卫星的长征三号乙运载火箭发射升空。

　 美国《大众科学》杂志25日报道称，2011年美国海军陆战队“海豹”突击队第6分队奔赴巴基 斯坦对本·拉 登藏身之地发动突袭并将其击毙。这次行动的成功与美军借助高光谱成像技术获得的夜战优势不无关 系。文章称， 如今，中国即将把这种优势带到太空，准备发射世界上“最强大的高光谱成像卫星”。

　　报道称，相机和红外线传感器等光电设备，通常仅能观测电磁频谱中的某一波段。例如，普通相 机能够观测到 人眼可见的波段，而红外线相机能同时“看到”某单一形象的数百种电磁波段，并在不同电磁波长内 打造出一种多 层次的形象“立方体”。因此，使用这种技术能发现隐身战机或地下掩体。

　　文章称，从上世纪70年代起，中国就开始大力研发高频谱成像技术并将其投入民用领域。目前 ，中国已将该 技术应用于各种太空平台，包括“嫦娥”探月任务、“天宫”和HJ-1高光谱小卫星的对地观测任务等。此外，中国还正利用安装在各种飞行器上的高频谱成像设备开展许 多工作，如 环境监测、石油勘探、减灾防灾和农作物估产等。这篇文章称，随着计算机处理能力与日俱增和高光 谱传感器体积 越来越小，中国很可能将扩大这种技术的军用和民用范围。

　　报道援引来自中国科学院某研究所的消息称，中国计划在今年晚些时候发射商业遥感卫星系统（ CCRSS） ，将成为这种应用的关键部分。该系统能收集来自328个电磁波段的信息，提供15米的分辨率。 相比之下，美 国2010年发射的“战术卫星-3”（TacSat 3），仅能收集300个波段的信息且分辨率更低。文章称，尽管中国的卫星将被用于商业客户，但正 如中国的大 部分对地观测卫星一样，该系统亦将具备军用价值。

　　报道还称，中国政府今年1月8日举行的国家科学技术奖励大会上，来自上海微小卫星工程中心 的一位教授， 因“不明项目”获得中国领导人颁发的获奖证书，而该教授正是一位“高光谱成像专家”。

　　报道称，中国在高光谱成像领域取得的更广泛进展，有望具有一系列军事用途。这种技术将成为 探测浅水区潜 艇和水雷的“宝贵工具”。对于陆地上的目标，由于能区分“木质诱饵”和真实导弹发射装置的频谱 特性，该技术 能够识别伪装设施。在空中，高频谱传感器还能被动探测采取了屏蔽热源措施的隐身战机。对反大规 模杀伤武器任 务而言，高光谱成像技术能用于探测核武器和化学武器，并定位隐藏此类战略资产的地下隧道和掩体 。

　　一名中国航天专家26日接受《环球时报》采访时表示，他对于美媒的相关报道无法置评。不过 ，他表示，要 说将相关技术率先用在军事领域的不是中国，而是美国。美国的“战术卫星-3”搭载的主要仪器是一台高分辨率的高光谱成像仪。该仪器可以探测到地面特征。据介绍，卫星处于头 顶上方时 ，美军指挥官可以连接到所关注的地点，卫星可以自动判断如何更好搜集、处理数据。▲ （王会聪）


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