ADA Space Signs Strategic AI Agreement With Tencent
Cooperation between the two enterprises is set to grow demand for the Three-Body Computing Constellation.
Initially reported at the Tencent Cloud AI Industry Application Conference (腾讯云人工智能产业应用大会) on June 5th, ADA Space (国星宇航) shared on June 8th that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with technology giant Tencent (腾讯), allowing them to utilize the Three-Body Computing Constellation, currently made up of twelve satellites.
In writing on the agreement, ADA Space says that both sides will leverage their core competencies and resource advantages in relevant commercial fields to promote joint technology innovation and AI ecosystem development. That will see in-depth collaboration for the implementation of AI agents and the digital transformation for comprehensive upgrades across all industries, increasing the constellation’s users too.
If the agreement is continually and successfully implemented over the future, that will set a new benchmark for the high-quality development of commercial AI cloud services, according to ADA Space.
The deal between the two enterprises was signed by Tan Xinglin (谭兴林), ADA Space’s Chief Strategy Officer, and Li Yilong (李钇龙), a General Manager for Tencent’s cloud services. It was also witnessed by Lu Chuan (陆川), Founder and Chairman of ADA Space, as well as Tencent Vice Presidents Zhang Guo (张果) and Wang Qian (王前).
Previously, the Three-Body Computing Constellation has been used for complex computational tasks of Alibaba Cloud’s (阿里云) Qwen3 model, which Tencent is competing with. It has also been used for guiding robots on Earth, offloading the compute to orbit and beaming instructions down.
In the weeks before coming to an agreement with Tencent, ADA Space signed another strategic deal with the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau (上海市气象局) at the end of April. The agreement will see the computing constellation assist with weather forecasting services for China’s largest city and surrounding regions, with specific emphasis given to short-term modeling of typhoons.
Political support for ADA Space and China’s world-leading space-based AI computing has been consistent so far this year. In March, Liu Jie (刘捷), Governor of Zhejiang (浙江) province, toured the enterprises’ satellite production facilities as part of an understanding visit, where he encouraged ADA Space to continue their efforts. Then in May, Zhang Qingwei (张庆伟), Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会), among other national and provincial officials, came to their headquarters for the same reasons as the governor. He also told ADA Space to proceed with their 'innovation-driven’, ‘high-quality’ development, which has been enabled by partnerships with universities across China alongside financial institutions’ support.
In the long-term, ADA Space plans to deploy 2,800 satellites around 2035 for both running and training AI models in space. Up to 1,000 satellites are desired to be in orbit by 2030.
Later this year, the Three-Body Computing Constellation is planned to be expanded with the launches of its second and third satellite groups, boosting combined processing power and the number of models that can be deployed concurrently. A second launch is under preparation, while ADA Space requested proposals to launch the third group, consisting of fourteen satellites.