On Wednesday, May 14, China successfully launched a group of 12 satellites aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket, marking the beginning of the deployment of a satellite constellation under a space computing center scheme.
The construction of a Space Computing Center
This development was led by Zhijiang Laboratory, and the constellation is expected to reach thousands of satellites, according to Wang Jian, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the lab. Wang is also the founder of Alibaba Cloud, one of China’s leading cloud computing platforms.
The constellation is designed to perform real-time data processing in orbit, addressing efficiency issues in satellite systems and accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence in space applications.
Each satellite in this initial batch is equipped with an 8 billion parameter AI model with data processing capabilities at the L0 to L4 levels(where L0 refers to the raw data collected directly by the satellite). In addition, the constellation offers full inter-satellite connectivity.
In addition, data processing driven by artificial intelligence artificial intelligenceThe satellites will carry out experimental missions, including laser communication between orbits and scientific astronomical observations.
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