Aurora 1000 (极光1000) Satellite-Borne Intelligent Computer
Zhongke Tiansuan (Comospace)
First-generation satellite-borne AI computer carrying a domestic high-performance AI chip, in orbit since 2022.
Technical specifications
- On-orbit operation
- 1,000+ cumulative days (multiple satellites)
- Launch year
- 2022
- Reported AI compute
- ~32 TOPS (INT8, per industry reporting)
About
Aurora 1000 is Comospace’s first-generation satellite-borne intelligent computing payload, launched in 2022 with a domestically produced high-performance AI chip (reported by industry press to be Cambricon NPU-based, delivering roughly 32 TOPS of INT8 compute). It was the team’s initial proof that AI inference hardware could be reliably operated in the space radiation environment.
A follow-on variant, Aurora 1000-3, was developed in 2023 and used in a three-satellite on-orbit cooperative computing experiment, an early exploration of multi-node in-orbit distributed computing architecture.
As of 2026 the Aurora 1000 series has accumulated more than 1,000 days of stable on-orbit operation across multiple satellites, per company statements to industry press.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.