The register

Three-Body Computing Constellation

Surveyed infrastructure from orbit over an area in north-west China, and classified gamma-ray bursts on two satellites.

OperatorZhejiang Lab, with partners
DeveloperZhejiang Lab
HostThe constellation's first twelve satellites
WhereEarth orbit
Classperception
Hardwarenot named
Model or softwareTen models, including an 8-billion-parameter remote sensing model and an 8-billion-parameter astronomical model
LaunchedMay 2025
RanNovember 2025 for the survey reported

What was said, and by whom

  1. “China placed 12 satellites, the first group of the space computing constellation called "Three-Body Computing Constellation," into orbit in May 2025.”

    Xinhua, relaying Zhejiang Lab: the operator, through a state news agency. China demonstrates AI computing power in outer space with satellite network breakthrough, Xinhua. Published 13 Feb 2026 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.

  2. “8-billion-parameter remote sensing model”

    Xinhua, relaying Zhejiang Lab: the operator, through a state news agency. China demonstrates AI computing power in outer space with satellite network breakthrough, Xinhua. Published 13 Feb 2026 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.

  3. “with 99 percent accuracy”

    Xinhua, relaying Zhejiang Lab: the operator, through a state news agency. China demonstrates AI computing power in outer space with satellite network breakthrough, Xinhua. Published 13 Feb 2026 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.

  4. “189 square kilometers in northwest China”

    Xinhua, relaying Zhejiang Lab: the operator, through a state news agency. China demonstrates AI computing power in outer space with satellite network breakthrough, Xinhua. Published 13 Feb 2026 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.

  5. “10 AI models”

    Xinhua, relaying Zhejiang Lab: the operator, through a state news agency. China demonstrates AI computing power in outer space with satellite network breakthrough, Xinhua. Published 13 Feb 2026 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.

Where sources disagree

Notes

The largest model reported run in space in this register. The only source read is an English-language report by a state news agency. Chinese-language sources were not read. A catalogue object (63982, SCS-01 A, launched 14 May 2025) may belong to this constellation; that match is another tracker's and was not checked, so it is not used.

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