At present, except for navigation satellites, China is not inferior to United States in the field of reconnaissance satellites. China has made major breakthroughs in the field of reconnaissance satellites in recent years, and its resolution is not only comparable to or even surpasses that of United States most advanced reconnaissance satellites, but also has the ability to lock on foreign aircraft carriers from space and track F-22 stealth fighters in real time, which has repeatedly worried and shocked United States.
In terms of navigation satellites, China's Beidou system has surpassed the GPS navigation system of United States in terms of navigation accuracy, number of navigation satellites, number of detection stations and coverage, and is significantly ahead of the navigation systems of Russia, Europe, Japan and India.
In this regard, Borisov, general director of the Russian Space Corporation, said in March that the accuracy of China's Beidou satellite navigation system surpasses that of United States GPS and Russia GLONASS navigation system.
At the same time, United States concerns about the Beidou system are growing. United States "Space News Network" published an article on April 8 saying that China is committed to building the "Beidou" system into the world's most important navigation system, so as to improve its soft power. The article also emphasizes that the capabilities of the United States GPS system have lagged behind China's Beidou system, losing its dominant position, and the United States needs to regain it.
At the same time, in the field of reconnaissance satellites, China is also at the advanced level in the world. In November 2023, Xinhua News Agency issued an article stating that China's remote sensing satellites have reached the world level in terms of quantity and quality.
Academician Li Deren, a leading figure in the field of surveying, mapping and remote sensing, and a double academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, revealed in an interview that the mainland's remote sensing satellite technology has made amazing breakthroughs.
As early as 2020, China's "Jilin-1" remote sensing satellite released images of United States F-22 stealth fighters flying in the clouds, and these videos caused heated discussions at home and abroad and shocked the United States military.
At an altitude of more than 500 kilometers, the "Jilin No. 1" can still achieve extremely stable identification, tracking and locking of the United States F-22 stealth fighter, and its great detection capability and actual combat significance are self-evident.
"Jilin-1" can not only shoot high-definition photos, but also continuously shoot videos with an accuracy of less than 1 meter. The "Jilin-1" once live-streamed the entire process of the US military's "Nimitz" class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the port by video, and also live-streamed the take-off of the US P8A anti-submarine patrol plane.
In front of the "Jilin-1" remote sensing satellite, none of the aircraft carriers, warships, or tanks United States could hide.
"Jilin-1" plans to complete the networking of all 138 satellites in 2025, and at that time, what happens in any corner of the world, including F-22 and F-35 stealth weapons, any move of the US military, "Jilin-1" can be continuously tracked by video.
The video shot by "Jilin No. 1" can be identified by AI and transmit coordinate information back to the ground, so that fighters or air defense systems can better target these stealth weapons.
According to Academician Li Deren, it takes less than 20 seconds for China's remote sensing satellites to transmit target location information to the terminals in the hands of front-line personnel from the discovery of a specific signal.
At the same time, according to a paper published in the Journal of Deep Space Exploration in 2023, as early as 2022, China turned the direction of Jilin-1 and observed an asteroid 2 million kilometers away that is extremely threatening to the Earth. This shows the strong observation capability and air-ground coordination ability of "Jilin-1".
More importantly, the "Jilin-1" remote sensing satellite is only a commercial satellite, which is mainly used in the civilian field. In addition, China also has more advanced specialized military remote sensing satellites, and its powerful detection capabilities can be imagined.
As early as 2018, Jane's Defense Weekly said that they were concerned about China's latest launch of the Gaofen-11 satellite, which Jane's believes is clearly used for military purposes, can reach the decimeter-level resolution of the United States's "Keyhole-12", and the gap between Chinese and American reconnaissance satellites is disappearing
On March 27, 2024, United States Space Operations Commander B. General Chance Saltzman said at the Space Security Forum that China's intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance satellite technology is weaving a "net of heaven and earth" that the United States is most worried about, and it poses an unacceptable risk to the US deployment.
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