Qilu constellation _ Qilu constellation plan

Satellite in the sky! Shandong aerospace information industry quietly released a big move.

Economic Herald reporter Wu Shujuan

Shandong satellite remote sensing application industry ecology is gradually emerging.

On April 27th, Shandong successfully launched two high-resolution commercial remote sensing satellites, Qilu-1 and Qilu-4, for the first time. In the future, Qilu Satellite Constellation will grow to 20 satellites to build a highland of satellite remote sensing application industry in Shandong.

Preempt the layout of remote sensing satellites

"Artificial earth satellites are mainly divided into communication, navigation, remote sensing and other categories according to their uses. The Qilu satellite launched this time belongs to remote sensing satellites and has various means of earth observation. " Lei Bin, vice president of Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute, said that the lowering of launch threshold made commercial satellite launch a reality. The cost of remote sensing satellites has dropped from several hundred million yuan at first to tens of millions now, which is only one tenth of the initial cost.

According to Lei Bin, Qilu Satellite No.1 and No.4 belong to Qilu Satellite Constellation. Among them, Qilu-1 radar satellite, which is not affected by ground illumination, clouds and smog, can work all day and all weather, which solves the shortage of optical satellites' "looking at the sky to eat" and can even "see" the pipe network dozens of centimeters underground like CT scanning. Qilu-4 optical satellite has a resolution of 0.5 meters, and has various imaging modes such as conventional push scanning and staring at video.

Qilu satellite constellation is actually an important achievement and layout of Shandong Institute of Technology in the field of aerospace information innovation and development. It is understood that Qilu satellite constellation can be revisited anywhere in the world within one hour, and covered within two hours in Shandong Province, maximizing the comprehensive ability of earth observation. In addition, Qilu Satellite Constellation can identify major trends and changes around the world, accurately grasp the changes of important targets, track and monitor the progress of major crises and emergencies, and play an important role in the intelligent management of many important industries, such as agriculture, industry, environmental protection and ocean, and can be widely used in urban management, environmental governance and other important fields.

"Qilu Satellite Constellation is the first innovative remote sensing satellite application demonstration project in China that adopts the mode of' space-based Internet plus remote sensing small satellite'." Sun Dianyi, president of Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute, said earlier that Qilu Satellite does not take the road of pure commercialization, but develops industrial ecology in the form of "platform+maker". By sharing the first-class data of Qilu Satellite, we will attract China's innovative and entrepreneurial teams, and establish an aerospace information innovation platform and an industrial incubation system. At present, Shandong has hatched 15 innovative and entrepreneurial enterprises around the ecological construction of satellite remote sensing industry.

According to an interview with the reporter of Economic Herald, during the epidemic last year, Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute, together with the remote sensing think tank, used the advanced technology of space remote sensing to observe 1 1 large production enterprises and transportation hubs in Jinan, Qingdao, Weifang and Rizhao in the province. In addition, Shandong also introduced the Internet of Things, satellite remote sensing and other information means into agricultural production, and investigated the black and odorous water bodies in rural areas by combining satellite remote sensing with manual investigation.

Lei Bin revealed that at present, satellite Internet, remote sensing, navigation and other aerospace industries are welcoming new development opportunities. According to the plan, Qilu II and Qilu III optical satellites will also be launched from the end of this year to the beginning of next year. In the next 3-5 years, Shandong will launch about 20 remote sensing satellites to form the Qilu satellite constellation. Qilu Satellite Innovation Ecology of Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute will introduce 1-2 listed companies, cultivate 5- 10 backbone enterprises and incubate 20-30 innovation and entrepreneurship teams. It is estimated that within two years, the investment driven by attraction will exceed 654.38+0 billion yuan.

Make great efforts in aerospace information industry

In fact, Shandong has quietly started the aerospace information industry.

On June 7, 2020, Jinan Guo Ke Center (Tianqi 1 1), a subsidiary of Beijing Guodian Hi-Tech, introduced by Shandong Academy of Sciences Industrial Technology Collaborative Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as "Guo Ke Center"), was jointly developed by Jinan Tianqi and Guodian Hi-Tech. "It is planned to cultivate the whole industrial chain from rocket and satellite development and operation, to load launch, to satellite data application and popular science education in Jinan in the next 3-5 years." Zhang, secretary-general of the National Science Center, said that this year, the whole chain will be introduced into the commercial aerospace industry project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, forming a commercial aerospace base of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the north.

Jinan, where two satellite launchers are located, is also accelerating the development of space information industry. The reporter of Economic Herald learned that the Jinan Municipal Government signed a "1+4" deepening cooperation agreement with the Institute of Aerospace Information Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences last year, namely the deepening cooperation agreement of Qilu Research Institute, the demonstration project of low-altitude surveillance service network, the project of Zhongke Satellite Technology Group Co., Ltd. and the project of advanced micro-nano integrated system design and manufacturing platform.

The working goal of Jinan aerospace information industry "1234" has also been formulated, namely, to establish 1 university, 2 research institutes, 3 listed companies and 4 characteristic parks, and strive to form a scale of 100 billion-level industries in 3-5 years and become a new highland to drive economic and social development.

According to the news from Jinan Development and Reform Commission, this year Jinan will also prepare a three-year action plan for the development of aerospace information industry, form an aerospace information industry alliance, set up an industry guidance fund and investment company, speed up the construction of key projects such as aerospace information industrial park, and build an aerospace information university.

In addition to Qilu satellite constellation, Shandong Institute of Technology is also laying out satellite navigation projects. It is reported that Shandong Industrial Technology Research Institute is cooperating with Beijing Future Navigation Technology Co., Ltd. to build Leo satellite navigation enhancement system. The satellite navigation augmentation system has been included in the National Beidou Integrated PNT Plan. According to the construction plan, the system construction will be completed in 2022, which will provide commercial centimeter-level navigation and location services for the whole world.

In the "14th Five-Year Plan" just released by Shandong Province, it is clearly stated that future industrial development plans such as aerospace information will be compiled, and major digital infrastructure projects such as low-orbit satellite navigation enhancement project, low-altitude surveillance service network, information network project integrating heaven and earth, Yantai Satellite Internet Application Industrial Park, Shandong Oriental Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information Industrial Base, Weifang Beidou Science and Technology Innovation Industrial Park will be implemented.