Shanghai municipal government published a strategic emerging-industry plan
directing policy support to integrate satellite internet with Beidou, 6G and AI
and to speed scaled deployment of satellite internet and Beidou applications.
The plan prioritizes commercial rockets: accelerate development of
large-diameter, high‑thrust reusable launchers and key technologies — engines,
return-control systems and structural stages — and build assembly and related
infrastructure to meet high-density LEO constellation needs. Satellite-internet
measures target transparent bent‑pipe LEO beam‑hopping communications,
inter‑satellite laser links, spaceborne phased‑array antennas and flexible solar
wings; development of automated large‑scale LEO orbital deployment technology
and direct‑to‑phone LEO broadband, plus promotion of ground and satellite
terminal supply chains and mass‑production satellite digital factories. It also
calls for R&D platforms for ultra‑precision/stable/clean spacecraft, stronger
satcom, navigation, remote sensing and medium‑orbit space‑based TT&C services,
breakthroughs in on‑orbit fault handling and refueling, and a full‑process
insurance framework covering launches, on‑orbit operations and third‑party
liability.
