China’s Emerging Space Startup to Launch Another AI Satellite Soon
A young Chinese commercial space firm called Chengdu GuoXing Aerospace Technology has sent two satellites into space within 100 days after its establishment, and now the company is preparing for a new launch in December.
The firm was set up in the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province in May. It has developed two experimental satellites integrated with AI technology.
"The AI technology could give the satellite a stronger capability of automatic data analysis," said Zhao Hongjie, vice president of the startup firm.
The company has around 40 employees most of whom are under 30. It is one of the best examples of China's emerging commercial space industry. Launching rockets and satellites has long been the goal of China's state-owned aerospace companies, but private space firms ar...