[Explanation] The People's Hospital of Wuhan University held a press conference on August 16 to announce that the world's first dedicated remote sensing satellite in the field of health research-"Wuhan University People's Hospital Health" medical remote sensing satellite (Luojia No. 4 01 star) has entered the project. In the research and development stage, it is expected to leave the factory in August 2023 and launch before October.
[Concurrent] Li Pingxiang, Vice President of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University and Executive Director of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information
The medical remote sensing satellite of Wuhan University People's Hospital Health has entered the research and development stage.
The satellite is the world's first dedicated health remote sensing satellite for remote sensing applications in the field of health research.
It is an important symbol of the high-quality integrated innovation and development of the Medical Remote Sensing Information Research Institute of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University.
[Explanation] According to reports, the designed payload of the satellite is about 50kg. It is equipped with visible light hyperspectral cameras, ultraviolet cameras, etc., and has multiple modes such as hyperspectral, low-light, and ultraviolet. It will focus on China and neighboring countries to detect the impact on human health. environmental factors.
[Concurrent] Li Pingxiang, Vice President of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University and Executive Director of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information
The medical remote sensing satellite of Wuhan University People's Hospital Health Number will serve the application fields of medical remote sensing such as traceability of infectious diseases, analysis of endemic diseases, monitoring of health and longevity factors, prevention and control of post-disaster epidemics, and prevention of public disease transmission.
At the same time, it deeply integrates the frontiers of remote sensing observation information mining, medical diagnosis, disease prevention and control, and spatiotemporal analysis.
Safeguard the health of the people.
[Explanation] It is reported that among the nine applications of remote sensing services defined by the Earth Observation Organization (GEO), there is currently only a lack of dedicated remote sensing satellites for monitoring health and environmental factors.
In April this year, the People's Hospital of Wuhan University (Hubei Provincial People's Hospital) reached a strategic cooperation with the State Key Laboratory of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing Information Engineering of Wuhan University and the Institute of Astronautical Science and Technology of Wuhan University, and jointly established the "Research Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information of Wuhan University People's Hospital". ”, which integrates remote sensing and medicine to develop the world’s first dedicated “remote sensing + health” satellite.
[Commentary] Gong Jianya, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology of Wuhan University, and Dean of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University, introduced that the "Health of the People's Hospital of Wuhan University" medical remote sensing satellite (Luojia No. 4 01 star) ) will develop a multi-sensor payload satellite platform to detect and design loads and select bands for the "water-soil-air" environmental elements that affect human health, so as to improve remote sensing monitoring capabilities in the field of global health research; it will link health, population and environmental data , to carry out demonstrations of medical remote sensing applications.
[Concurrent] Gong Jianya, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the Institute of Medical Remote Sensing Information, Wuhan University People's Hospital
After this satellite is launched, it can be used by scientists all over the country or around the world, especially those with more in-depth research and in-depth research on which environmental parameters, then our existing satellite images cannot meet the requirements.
Then you can use our (this) satellite to design the band you need to observe this place, so that it may (can) be studied more deeply.
Reporter Zheng Ziyan reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]