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Promoting the Application of AI in Space: Exploring the Command Center of the "Three Body Computing Constellation"

2025-12-31   

Entering the "Three Body Computing Constellation" command center of Zhejiang's new research and development institution Zhijiang Laboratory, the large screen spanning the wall is displaying the real-time trajectories of 12 computing satellites and rolling telemetry data transmitted back. Since the successful launch and networking of the space computing satellite constellation "Three Body Computing Constellation" on May 14, 2025, these 12 computing satellites have been in orbit for over six months. The 'Three Body Computing Constellation' has successively achieved 'Sky Earth Networking' and 'Three Star Networking', and is currently undergoing 'Six Star Networking', gradually realizing the full orbit interconnection of twelve stars. ”Li Chao, Director of the Space based Computing System Research Center at Zhijiang Laboratory, said. The "Three Body Computing Constellation" is a thousand star scale space computing infrastructure jointly built by Zhijiang Laboratory and global partners. Facilities promote the launch of computing, inter satellite interconnection, and model launch, solving the efficiency bottleneck problem of traditional satellite data processing. The advantages of artificial intelligence have already been demonstrated. ”Li Chao showed the reporter a remote sensing map that accurately located and magnified an abnormal situation. This is noon on November 12, 2025. During a routine mission to capture surface images, the "Three Body Computing Constellation" discovered a fire in a certain area of northwest China through the "Surface Anomaly Detection Model". The model determined that it was suspected of burning straw and automatically identified the fire point and smoke range effectively. Previously, launching satellites was like flying a kite, with a single line of communication between the satellite and the ground. There was no connection between satellites, and less than one tenth of the effective satellite data could be transmitted back to the ground, resulting in low efficiency. After computing the sky, interstellar interconnection, and model deployment, the data can be processed in space and the processing results can be directly sent to users, increasing efficiency to the level of minutes or even seconds. ”Li Chao said. At the command center, the staff opened the digital twin system to view the real-time operation and communication status of intelligent payloads such as onboard intelligent computers. On an orbit several hundred kilometers away from the Earth's surface, silent space calculations silently take place. Currently, seven models including astronomical models, meteorological models, and road detection models have been tested in space, which will bring significant improvements in efficiency and accuracy to fields such as smart cities and environmental governance. ”The staff told the reporter. Not only that, the "Three Body Computing Constellation" also provides industrial application opportunities for cutting-edge explorations such as laser communication. Satellite laser communication modulates information onto lasers for transmission, with high bandwidth and low latency. Compared to mainstream inter satellite microwave transmission methods, the speed can be increased by 10 to 100 times. Real time transmission and computation of data in the air, and real-time transmission back to Earth, can provide space-based computing services and large-scale real-time collaborative support for future advanced space activities. ”Tan Jun, founder of the Helium Star Optical Union, told reporters that there are a total of 24 sets of laser communication terminals on the first satellite of the "Three Body Computing Constellation", which support in orbit chain building, communication, and interconnected computing. The recently held Central Economic Work Conference proposed to 'deepen and expand' artificial intelligence+'. Industry insiders believe that promoting the application of artificial intelligence in space reflects the transition of China's artificial intelligence industry from "technological catch-up" to "model innovation", highlighting the resonance between technological breakthroughs and social needs. It is reported that the "Three Body Computing Constellation" will work together with multiple satellite companies to complete the constellation layout of over 50 computing satellites in 2026, further promoting the application and development of artificial intelligence in space. (New Society)

Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue

Source:Xinhua

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