OpenSpace, a Chinese open-source space-computing initiative, announced a planned 2,600-satellite first phase spanning general-purpose, AI, supercomputing, edge, and quantum computing.

OpenSpace was unveiled on October 17 at the 2026 Kaiyun Aerospace ecosystem conference. The announcement covered an open-source space ecosystem, an associated community, and a computing-constellation plan. In this report, OpenSpace refers specifically to the initiative organized with Beijing Kaiyun United Information Technology Group.

The report describes nine participating organizations and names eight of them. Alongside Kaiyun, these include Orienspace, GalaxySpace, Beihang University, the China Space Foundation, Zhongshang Huitou’s Shenzhen private-equity fund-management company, Space Engineering University, and the Zhejiang branch of PICC Property and Casualty. Their participation is described as jointly launching the initiative, not as a disclosed financing commitment.

The planned first phase comprises 2,600 satellites with a specified functional breakdown. It includes 1,000 general-purpose computing satellites, 1,000 AI/supercomputing satellites, 500 edge-computing satellites, and 100 quantum-computing satellites. The announcement describes these satellites as intended in-orbit “space servers.”

The satellite count is a plan, not an operating constellation. The supplied report provides no launch schedule, committed funding amount, launch-service contract, or deployed computing capacity. It also does not specify the hardware or performance of the proposed satellite categories.