Pakistan buys China's Jilin-1 satellite data, comprising high definition video, optical and hyperspectral imagery, for 2020
New Delhi: In a bid to gain the precise location of Indian Army camps across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has purchased China's Jilin-1 satellite data, comprising high definition video, optical and hyperspectral imagery, for 2020.
A news agency quoted intelligence sources as saying that Pakistan has entered into a contract with China to procure Jilin-1 satellite data for 2020. Jilin is China's commercial remote sensing satellite run by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd.
The Jilin constellation comprises a network of ten satellites in orbit with the capability of global coverage and it can revisit any location twice a day. “Resolution of panchromatic image provisioned by Jilin-1 is 0.72 m and the multi-spectral image is 2.88 m,” a source said.
The source further stated that Pakistan had in 2019 purchased data of the advanced land observation satellite phased array type L Band synthetic aperture radar and Jilin-1.
However, Islamabad has stated that the data has been procured for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters, agriculture research, urban construction and other activities.
Amid Chinese aggression at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Pakistan has intensified ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), creating a two-front war-like situation for India.
