China Plans a Compute Network in Orbit
A space-cloud programme aims to link satellites into a single grid spanning ground and orbit.
The Nebula Constellation plan was announced on 9 November 2026 at a space-cloud industry conference, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Aerospace Information Research Institute together with domestic technology firms. It is described as covering the full chain from domestic compute chips to satellite applications, building a ground-and-orbit compute network for natural resources, disaster response and low-altitude economy use cases. No satellite launch schedule, deployment count or commercial timeline was disclosed with the announcement, so the build-out remains a stated intention rather than a verified plan.