Selfie miles away from the Earth? Yes, with satellites you bought online!
For the first time in history, commercial satellites are put on sale at e-commerce sites to the public.
Commsat, a Chinese commercial space startup, has put three commercial satellites on the shelves of its enterprise store on Taobao.com, priced starting from 2 million yuan (~ $290,400).
The cheapest satellite, weighing at less than 5 kilograms, is equipped with space cameras, magnetic torque devices and solar panels. Deliveries will take three to six months, the company said.
With network construction technology, the satellite can realize the monitoring of ocean, atmospheric environment, ships, aviation aircraft and others. It is widely used in universities and scientific research institutes to carry out space science research and education.
A satellite service called “space selfie” costing around 2 million yuan (~ $290,400) for one year and about 3 million yuan (~ $435,600) for two years was also provided for customers.
The service will display pictures uploaded by users on the satellite screen after it enters the space, and help customers take a photo integrating their own picture and the background of the outer space.
