China's Smart Dragon 3 rocket successfully launches 2 satellites from sea

The two OSE satellites can not only capture images but also interpret what they observe.

Unlike conventional optical imaging, hyperspectral observation records a detailed spectrum for each image pixel. These "spectral fingerprints" can help distinguish materials and measure properties, including vegetation chlorophyll and moisture, water quality, soil organic matter and mineral composition.

The satellites also carry onboard artificial intelligence computing modules with computing capacity of up to 400 trillion operations per second.