The satellite constellation, which utilizes a total of 10 satellites running in orbit, is the first series of high-resolution remote sensing satellites for commercial use independently developed in China.

Its developer, Chang Guang Satellite Technology, is quite literally a star in the firmament of the country's northeastern industrial center.

The Changchun-based company said it has innovated an Internet-Plus remote sensing applications operation mode in China and with it the company also developed the Luojia-1, the world's first noctilucent - luminous at night - remote sensing satellite, which was sent into a preset orbit on a Long March-2D carrier rocket in June.

In recent years the company has served as an exemplar of Changchun's promotion of intelligent manufacturing and the upgrading of its industrial structure.

The city has reaped the gains of its high-quality economic development in the first half of this year. During that period it began construction on 731 projects, each with an investment worth more than 100 million yuan ($14.67 million). The city's GDP, fixed asset investment and total volume of exports and imports rose by 7.4 percent, 8 percent and 6.9 percent year-on-year.

Source: China Daily