With a planned investment of 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion),
the supercomputing centre will provide big data services for industries
including the aerospace and marine sectors starting in 2022, state-backed
Hainan Daily said.
In the next decade, China envisions massive constellations
of commercial satellites that can offer services ranging from high-speed
internet for aircraft to tracking coal shipments.
To meet the demand for satellite launches, China will have
to build bigger rockets that can carry more satellites or build more launch
sites, or both. China currently has four launch sites - three inland and one in
Wenchang in Hainan province.
Earlier this month, the government said it was planning a
new commercial space base in Hainan to meet growing demand for launches.
The government also supports Hainan in its international
cooperation on launching commercial satellites and payloads, and research and
development in commercial spaceflight.
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