Shanghai Star Hub Plan Unveils Three-Phase Roadmap, Aiming to Complete Thousand-Satellite Deployment by 2032

Shanghai's "Star Pivot Plan" aims to complete the deployment of a thousand satellites by 2032, sending million-level TOPS computing power into space

2026-10-27 17:26 IT Home - Wang Miao

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IT Home, October 27 news: The 2026 Satellite Internet Industry Ecosystem Conference was held today (October 27) in Shanghai. According to Jiemian News, Shanghai has officially launched preparations for a satellite internet industry fund. The fund is jointly initiated by municipal and district-level investment platforms together with social capital, and will leverage the role of state-owned capital to empower technological innovation and cultivate the industrial ecosystem.

Chi Nan, Deputy Party Secretary and Vice President of Fudan University, announced the deployment plan for the "Star Pivot Plan" at the conference. The plan is advanced in three phases:

2026-2027: Fully open up the space-ground dual computing technology link, adopt domestic GPUs, and achieve 32POPS computing power and 200Gbps inter-satellite communication rate;

2028-2030: Promote the scaling of the space-based computing power network, with plans to launch 50 computing satellites and 100 edge computing satellites, including 24 optical remote sensing constellations, 48 SAR constellations and 28 meteorological constellations;

2031-2032: Aim to become a globally leading computing power network operator, complete the deployment of 800 computing satellites and 200 edge satellites, reach million-level TOPS in space-based computing power, build an integrated space-ground computing power data center, and achieve an annual output value of the computing power industry exceeding 100 billion yuan.

The Star Pivot Plan is a space-based intelligent computing network project led in development and operation by Shanghai XingShu TianSuan Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. On July 18 this year, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the first constellation of the "Star Pivot Plan" was officially released to the public. The plan is a benchmark project in the space computing power industry that Shanghai has prioritized in its layout, positioned as Shanghai's flagship space computing power constellation project. The constellation consists of three satellites, with the core being to process data directly in space and reduce dependence on ground equipment.

According to public information consulted by IT Home, the 2026 Satellite Internet Industry Ecosystem Conference is being held from October 27 to 29 at the Fuyue Hotel in Songjiang, Shanghai. The conference is co-hosted by key enterprises in the industrial chain such as Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Satellite Internet Research Institute Co., Ltd., and organized by the Shanghai Emerging Information and Communication Technology Application Research Institute and the Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Emerging High-end Industry Promotion Center.

The conference will comprehensively present the industry's development achievements over the past year, release a new round of policies and construction plans, deepen industrial supply-demand matching and ecosystem cooperation, and promote the transformation of Shanghai's full-chain industrial advantages into innovation advantages and development momentum. The main forum of the conference will release the "Shanghai Satellite Internet Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan (2027-2030)," release the construction plan for the "6G+AI+Satellite Internet+Space-based Computing" space-ground integrated industrial cluster, and hold a series of activities including the trial operation launch of the Yangtze River Delta Satellite Internet Supply and Demand Platform and the release of financing needs.