Prime contractor · China · statement of intent
中国航天科技集团有限公司 / 中国空间技术研究院
The plan is a stated goal reported via CCTV in January 2026 plus a technical paper; no hardware is announced. Its next announced step is experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg), stated as ~2027 (CAST paper).
Stage 1 of 7: Concept
The plan is a stated goal reported via CCTV in January 2026 plus a technical paper; no hardware is announced.[1][2]
What the stage means: Plans, filings or designs with no ODC hardware built or flown.
DoneReported
CASC plan via CCTV: gigawatt-class space digital-intelligence infrastructure
Reported by Reuters and Asia Financial.
Sources: Asia Financial; Tencent News (CCTV)
Targets as the organisation stated them. When a date moved, every move is listed with its source; a narrower window is shown as a narrowing.
~2027 (CAST paper)
Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg)[1]
~2030 (CAST paper)
500 kW-class satellites (about 20,000 kg each)[1]
2030 (as reported)
Industrial-scale Space Cloud[1]
What to watch · SpaceNexus note, not a prediction
Whether the 10 kW test satellite is formally scheduled.
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASC / CAST (this page) | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg) |
| Agnikul and NeevCloud | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | End of 2026: Pilot launch (300 to 350 kg unit) |
| Anthropic | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Apex | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Sophia Space TILE demo on an Apex Nova bus |
| Atomic-6 | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Blue Origin Sunrise | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | Q4 2027: TeraWave deployment begins (the backhaul Sunrise depends on) |
| Comospace group | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | Mar 2027: Two-satellite high-power in-space compute demonstration |
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