China-Commercial Space Sector/Development

China's commercial satellites drive major changes in daily life

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China-Commercial Space Sector/Development

China's commercial satellites drive major changes in daily life

Dateline : Recent/File

Location : China

Duration : 1'38

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FILE: Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China - 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Office building of Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd.
2. Various of interiors of office building, huge satellite images

Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of researcher introducing satellite components to reporter
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhao Xiangyu, deputy director, Microwave Satellite Research Laboratory, Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (starting with shot 3):
"Our Gaofen-06 satellites, along with the Magic Cube and Platform series, weigh about 20 kilograms at the lowest, while their imaging performance remains largely comparable to earlier satellites that weighed more than 400 kilograms."
5. Various of researchers working
6. Various of researcher introducing satellite application to reporter; screen showing satellite images
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yang Hongwei, director, Survey, Mapping Division, Jilin Provincial Department of Natural Resources (starting with shot 6/partially overlaid with shot 8):
"Some projects, such as wind turbines and photovoltaic facilities, are built in remote mountainous areas. Supervising them manually would require significant manpower and effort. What makes supervision possible today is Jilin-1's ability to frequently obtain large-scale data over vast areas."
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8. Screen showing satellite images
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FILE: China - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of animation showing satellites in orbit in operation

FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of researchers
11. Various of animations of rocket, rocket separation, satellite, satellites surrounding Earth

Changchun City, Jilin Province, northeast China - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhu Ruifei, deputy chief engineer, Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (starting with shot 11):
"(In the future research and development,) we aim to combine the technical challenges of traditional remote-sensing satellites with those of high-orbit communications satellites, while also meeting the requirements of modern communications services. These are the key challenges we are working to overcome."

FILE: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, north China - Sept 20, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Rocket with Jilin-1 satellites blasting off


China's commercial satellites have become invisible, essential infrastructure in daily life, driving major changes by helping tracking crops in farmland, inspecting infrastructure and support a growing range of services on the ground.

The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), China's latest five-year blueprint which was adopted on Thursday, designated aerospace as one of the strategic emerging industries for priority development.

Among the companies driving the growth China's space sector is Changguang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. in northeast China's Jilin Province, which has evolved from a research institute into a market-driven commercial space leader.

The company's Jilin-1 constellation, which had its first group of satellites launched back in October 2015, now consists of 144 satellites and is capable of observing any point on the globe about 40 times a day.

Despite these achievements, the company has continued to push for technological innovation, reducing satellite weight while maintaining imaging performance.

"Our Gaofen-06 satellites, along with the Magic Cube and Platform series, weigh about 20 kilograms at the lowest, while their imaging performance remains largely comparable to earlier satellites that weighed more than 400 kilograms," said Zhao Xiangyu, deputy director of the company's Microwave Satellite Research Laboratory.

The Jilin-1 constellation has increasingly integrated into daily life and industrial development. Its high-resolution data supports multiple sectors, from protecting farmland to monitoring urban expansion, bringing tangible changes to people's lives.

"Some projects, such as wind turbines and photovoltaic facilities, are built in remote mountainous areas. Supervising them manually would require significant manpower and efforts. What makes supervision possible today is Jilin-1's ability to frequently obtain large-scale data over vast areas," said Yang Hongwei, director of the Survey and Mapping Division at the Department of Natural Resources of Jilin.

As the 15th Five-Year Plan highlights the development of the space sector, Changguang is accelerating its expansion.

Inside a high-level clean workshop, satellites are being mass-produced. Beyond remote sensing, the company has also expanded into the communications satellite field, achieving technological breakthroughs in low-Earth-orbit satellite internet.

"(In the future research and development,) we aim to combine the technical challenges of traditional remote-sensing satellites with those of high-orbit communications satellites, while also meeting the requirements of modern communications services. These are the key challenges we are working to overcome," said Zhu Ruifei, the company's deputy chief engineer.

ID : 8470589

Published : 2026-03-17 15:56

Last Modified : 2026-03-17 20:19:06

Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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