{"id":204063,"date":"2022-09-08T19:28:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=204063"},"modified":"2022-09-08T19:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:58:29","slug":"qimingxing-50-chinas-fully-solar-powered-semi-satellite-drone-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/qimingxing-50-chinas-fully-solar-powered-semi-satellite-drone-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"QIMINGXING 50: China\u2019s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone, explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cChina\u2019s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone, explained\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Indian Express <\/b>on 8th September 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

China\u2019s first fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle named \u201c<\/span>QIMINGXING 50\u201d <\/span>has successfully completed its maiden test flight with all onboard systems functioning optimally.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is <\/b>QIMINGXING 50?<\/b><\/h5>\n

QIMINGXING 50 or<\/span> Morning Star-50 <\/span>is China\u2019s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purpose: <\/b>It is <\/span>capable of conducting high-altitude reconnaissance, apart from monitoring forest fires, and providing communication and environment relay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Features:<\/b> This drone is powered entirely by solar panels. It can stay airborne for long durations.<\/span><\/p>\n

It flies above 20-km altitude where there is stable airflow with no clouds. This helps these drones to make maximum use of solar equipment to stay functional for extended durations.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the significance of this drone?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Firstly<\/b>, this drone can operate in near-space \u2013 20 km to 100 km above the Earth\u2019s surface. This makes it capable of carrying out satellite-like functions. If satellite services are not available for, say, time-sensitive operations or in case of wartime disruption, then near-space UAVs can step in to fill the operational gap.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Note: <\/b>China already has this capacity, but the Qimingxing-50\u2019s long-endurance provides an added advantage to make this capability available over a longer period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly,<\/b> it is cost-effective to build and is also easy to launch and operate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirdly, <\/b>being entirely powered by clean energy from the Sun, it can help boost China\u2019s capabilities to operate in near-space and over the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cChina\u2019s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone, explained\u201d published in Indian Express on 8th September 2022 What is the News? China\u2019s first fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle named \u201cQIMINGXING 50\u201d has successfully completed its maiden test flight with all onboard systems functioning optimally. What is QIMINGXING 50? QIMINGXING 50… Continue reading QIMINGXING 50: China\u2019s fully solar-powered, semi-satellite drone, explained<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-204063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}