A jointly developed China-Kazakhstan Agile Remote Sensing Key Payload by Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)and Al-Farabi Kazakh National University was launched on Dec13, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The payload flew aboard Ziwei Technology's DlR-5 space experimental vehicle, launched by a Kuaizhou-11 Y8 rocket, and entered its planned 530-km orbit - marking China's first international in-orbit verification project carried on a commercia space cargo platform.
In-orbit tests will focus on three core technologies:
Agile remote-sensing target tracking and rapid attitude control
Dynamic attitude sensing and compensation using flexible sensors
Fast autonomous image recognition based on the Open Harmony OS
The mission will support the future development of low-cost micro- and nano-satellite remote-sensing constellations, while strengthening environmental monitoring, early warning, and assessment capabilities across Kazakhstan, Central Asia, and West Asia. This milestone highlights a new level of China-Kazakhstan cooperation in commercial space and applied remote sensing.
