{"id":19090,"date":"2025-05-14T13:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19090"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:30:24","slug":"china-launches-space-computing-satellite-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=19090","title":{"rendered":"China launches space computing satellite constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a new constellation of space computing satellites into orbit. The launch marks a significant advancement in the country’s space-based computing capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rocket blasted off at 12:12 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly launched 12 computing satellites are the first batch of the “Three-Body Computing Constellation,” according to Zhejiang Lab, a research institute based in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang Jian, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Zhejiang Lab, said the “Three-Body Computing Constellation,” jointly developed by Zhejiang Lab and global partners, is large-scale space computing infrastructure designed to host thousands of satellites with a total computing power of 1,000 peta operations per second (POPS) upon completion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By enabling real-time in-orbit data processing, the facility aims to overcome the efficiency bottlenecks of traditional satellite data handling and advance the application and development of artificial intelligence in space, Wang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction of the constellation will greatly expand the boundaries of space applications, and will have far-reaching significance for the air and space industry, Wang added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial satellites provide a combined computing power of 5 POPS and 30 terabytes of storage capacity. They are equipped with on-board intelligent computing and inter-satellite communication systems, and have the capability of in-orbit computing in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch also carried an X-ray polarization detector developed by Guangxi University and the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which will be used to study gamma-ray bursts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhejiang Lab said it plans to collaborate with partners to deploy a constellation of more than 50 computing satellites this year. \u25a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a space computing satellite constellation blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 14, 2025. China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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