China's "Nebula Constellation Plan" Unveils Industrial Layout for Space Computing Power Network

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 9, the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with domestic technology enterprises, released the "Nebula Constellation Plan" at the Space Cloud Industry Ecosystem Conference held in Hefei, Anhui Province, advancing the industrial layout of a fully domestically developed space computing power network. At the same time, Zhongke Xingyun Space Intelligent Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd. was officially launched and began operations, with a registered capital of 1.5 billion yuan. The company was jointly initiated by 16 industrial enterprises and investment institutions, focusing on promoting the research and development of space computing technology, the construction of satellite computing power networks, and space-ground collaborative computing applications.

The "Nebula Constellation Plan" will carry out research, development and system construction around such technical areas as domestically developed computing chips, space computers, high-speed inter-satellite interconnection, and space-ground resource scheduling. The Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its industrial partners plan to integrate satellite manufacturing, spaceborne computing, telemetry, tracking and control, and ground-based computing power infrastructure to promote the processing of computing tasks on the satellite side, and to achieve collaborative operation of space computing resources and ground computing power networks through inter-satellite communication and space-ground data transmission.

The industrial initiators of Zhongke Xingyun include enterprises such as Geovis Technology, Sugon, Hygon Information, Geovis Telemetry & Control, Sugon DataEnergy, and Zhongke Satellite, with additional participation from investment institutions affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, investment platforms of central state-owned enterprises, and local industrial capital from Anhui. The six industrial enterprises respectively possess technical capabilities in aerospace information services, high-performance computing equipment, domestically developed processors, satellite telemetry, tracking and control, data center thermal management, and satellite constellation construction and operation. These technical resources will be used to support the research and development and industrial implementation of the space computing power network.

The project proposes a three-phase technology development roadmap: sensing-computing integration, communication-computing integration, and supercomputing collaboration. The sensing-computing integration phase focuses on combining satellite remote sensing data acquisition with in-orbit computing processing; the communication-computing integration phase plans to achieve coordination of multi-satellite computing resources through high-speed inter-satellite interconnection; and the supercomputing collaboration phase targets the aggregation of large-scale in-orbit computing resources and the construction of high-performance orbital data centers, gradually forming the capability for unified scheduling of space-ground computing resources. All three phases are part of the technology development plan proposed by the project.

At the same time as the conference, the construction of the Nebula Research Platform was launched, and the intention to license intellectual property related to space cloud was advanced, promoting the transformation of scientific research achievements into engineering development and industrial application. Zhongke Xingyun plans to carry out technology development around application needs such as natural resource surveys, disaster monitoring, emergency response, and the low-altitude economy, incorporating satellite data acquisition, in-orbit processing, and ground computing resource collaboration into the space computing power service system.