Can China’s new satellite coordination standards speed up PLA targeting? - South China Morning Post

Gabriel DominguezPublished: 6:00pm, 29 Sep 2026Chinese researchers are drafting standards for autonomous satellite coordination and data sharing in a move analysts say could speed up military targeting and make People’s Liberation Army satellite networks more resilient.An expert panel convened by the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC) in Beijing on September 21 approved work on 10 proposed voluntary standards, clearing the way for draft texts to be released for consultation.

The 10 proposed standards cover areas ranging from overall system design and the description of mission scenarios to distributed data services, satellite and mission data, coordination at constellation and smaller satellite-cluster levels, and the design of autonomous controllers.