According to the news from Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory, at 12:12 pm on May 14th, the Changzheng-2D carrier rocket was ignited and lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Subsequently, it successfully sent the space computing satellite constellation into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. This marks that China's first whole-orbit interconnected space computing constellation has officially entered the networking phase.
The launch of the one-arrow twelve computing satellites is the first launch of the "Three-Body Computing Constellation" led by Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory, as well as the first launch of the "Star Computing" plan by Guoxing Yuxing.
Usually, satellites need to send data back to the ground first, and then the ground data processing center will analyze it. This "sky sensing-ground computing" mode is limited by factors such as ground station resources and bandwidth. Less than one-tenth of the effective satellite data can be transmitted back to the ground, and there are problems such as delayed data. Solving this problem is the starting point for Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory to build the "Three-Body Computing Constellation".
According to Wang Jian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory, the "Three-Body Computing Constellation" is a space computing infrastructure with a scale of thousands of stars jointly built by Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory and global partners. After completion, the total computing power will reach 1000 POPS (one hundred billion billion operations per second).
This facility will solve the bottleneck problem of traditional satellite data processing efficiency by processing data in orbit, promoting the application and development of artificial intelligence in space.
Academician Wang Jian said: "For Zhejiang Zhijiang Laboratory, it is not just about launching satellites, but building a space computing constellation, delivering computing power to space, achieving interconnectivity between computing satellites, and then sending artificial intelligence into space."
The 12 satellites launched in this arrow are the first launch of the "Three-Body Computing Constellation" and also the first launch of Guoxing Yuxing's "Star Computing" plan. The constellation can achieve whole-orbit satellite interconnection and carries a sky-based model with 8 billion parameters, which can process L0-L4 grade satellite data in orbit. It will execute on-orbit test tasks such as cross-orbit satellite laser access and astronomical scientific observation.
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