12 April 2021
Hainan plans to launch 4 satellites around the end of 2021, beginning construction of the Hainan Earth-Observation Satellite Constellation System. This space-based network, funded by the Hainan provincial government, will be extended to a constellation of 10 satellites with multispectral and SAR capabilities and will be capable of monitoring all of the South China Sea in real time.
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