WHU-made satellite to be launched month end | 武汉大学生造卫星月底发射

The "Qimingxing" Nano-satellite developed mainly by Wuhan University is scheduled to be released as part of a multiple satellite launch by a Long March-8 rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Feb. 27.

由武汉大学研制的“启明星”微纳卫星预定于2月27日在海南文昌航天发射中心，以“一箭多星”的方式，搭载长征八号火箭发射。

Professor Jin Guang, head of the R&D team, said that the main body of the team is made up of graduate students of the university. Through development, launch, and monitoring of satellites, students can comprehensively master satellite-related technologies and applications.

研发团队负责人金光教授说，该团队的主体是在读的研究生。通过卫星的研制、发射、监测，学生能更全面掌握卫星相关技术及应用。

▲ Students of Wuhan University testing satellite Photo provided by Jin Guang

The university plans to launch "Luojia-3" in Taiyuan in July this year, which will be the world's first internet intelligent optical satellite, followed by a multi-angle radar satellite in the second half of the year. Both of these are sub-meter resolution satellites.

该校还将在今年7月份在太原发射“珞珈三号”，这将是世界上第一颗互联网智能光学卫星，下半年还要发射一颗多角度雷达卫星，它们都是亚米级高分辨率卫星。

（Edited by Zheng Xiaoan)