Hundreds of Chinese satellites are passing over Australia
Spy satellites have been documenting Australian military training activities for decades.
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00:07 We've been collecting optical data, optical surveillance data
00:10 on Earth observing Chinese satellites during the Talisman, Sabre and Malabar exercises.
00:17 And what that's showing is quite a lot of activity
00:20 surveying the ground during those events.
00:22 They can glean military intelligence on what the capabilities and equipment
00:26 and as well as processes of ground military activities.
00:30 So they can use this to derive a fair bit of intelligence
00:33 on military operations in Australia.
00:36 The key thing to note is Yalgaan, the Yalgaan series
00:39 is quite a prevalent series of satellites,
00:41 particularly the 35 series and the 36 series.
00:44 They've been referred to in the media as spy satellites.
00:47 We are seeing quite a lot of overflights from them.
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