On May 22nd, Wang Chunhui, co-founder and CTO of Earth's second satellite, delivered a speech titled "Space Silk Road: Building a Global Developer Ecology for Low Earth Orbit Computing Constellations" at the 2025 Global Spatio Temporal Intelligence Conference (WGDC2025) - Commercial Aerospace New Decade Forum. He said that the company is the space silk road by building a global developer path for the entire low orbit constellation, and it is also an innovative practice of the integration of China's space technology and the "the Belt and Road" initiative. Through the sharing mechanism, the company will build a space-based information corridor, promote in-depth cooperation among countries along the line in communication, navigation, remote sensing and other fields, enrich the international cooperation map, and build a "community of shared future in space".
It is reported that the construction of the ecosystem for the development of the Earth's second satellite is centered around the construction of satellite launches. In 2023, the company had already started planning for the launch of its first space-based computing satellite WJ-1. At present, the company has become a collaborator of the Chang'e-8 lunar mission in 2028 and has signed space-based cooperation agreements with more than 15 countries and over 20 partners worldwide. According to the plan, the next step for Earth's second satellite will be to expand the Sky Ride APP store and space cloud sharing, such as collaborating with the Three Body Computing Constellation to build a space computing constellation. Two sets of intelligent hyperspectral satellites will be launched in the second half of this year, and a high-throughput laser dual star platform will be launched in the first half of next year.
Wang Chunhui believes that the space silk road itself is not only the demand of countries along the "the Belt and Road", but also the demand of our country, that is, in the whole process of cooperation, "the Belt and Road" countries generally face the dilemma of insufficient satellite technology and dependence on outsourcing of data, and are eager to cultivate independent technical capabilities. We are building satellite infrastructure together, absorbing construction funds from other countries, helping them to achieve technology independence and resource sharing.
