China has launched its first cluster of satellites for a planned artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer constellation in space.
The 12 satellites are the beginnings of a proposed 2,800-satellite fleet led by the company ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab that will one day form the Three-Body Computing Constellation, a satellite network that will directly process data in space.
The satellites, which launched on board a Long March 2D rocket from China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center May 14, are part of a plan to lower China’s dependence on ground-based computers.
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