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Chapter 778 Buying a Satellite?

Zhang Qihang's words were impassioned, but Comrade Shi Baosen was not moved.

The reason is also very simple. Based on Comrade Shi Baosen's life experience and position, what kind of scenes has he never seen?It's impossible to expect him to be swayed by just a few words.

But in any case, Comrade Shi Baosen was still very happy in his heart after all, and he had to respond to Zhang Qihang's words. He nodded slightly and said: "You have this awareness, that's right! The country has given you A lot of care, just like you said, the reason why the country has given you so much care is to hope that you will understand that you have more social responsibilities besides making profits."

Zhang Qihang nodded again and again, with a "teachable" expression...

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In the following time, Comrade Shi Baosen visited the application of unmanned helicopters in the erection of power lines between mountainous areas. This is a mountainous power line under construction. Under the watchful eyes of the leaders of the power system , the unmanned helicopter with a special traction line flew from one mountain to another in a very short period of time. After the comrades on the opposite hill received the traction line, they used the opposite traction frame to pull the traction line over, and then Then use the traction rope to pull the thick cable over...

Seeing this fast construction method, Comrade Shi Baosen couldn't help being moved, and said repeatedly: "Compared with the traditional construction method, after the application of drones, the construction speed is indeed much faster now."

Comrade Shi Baosen also came up from the grassroots step by step. He is familiar with the traditional power line construction plan and can be seen at a glance. Compared with the traction method in the traditional power line assumption process, the unmanned helicopter is applied After that, save a lot of time.

"What you said, leader," Fan Yuqing, who was accompanying him, said respectfully: "After the application of drones, the speed of erecting lines in our southwestern region has been much faster than before, especially between the two mountains. It’s a valley, but a cliff river, which is much faster and safer than the traditional wiring method.”

Shi Baosen nodded repeatedly.

The kind of terrain that Comrade Fan Yuqing mentioned is very common in the southwestern region. There are cliffs and rivers between the two mountains, and it is very inconvenient to pass.

"It's a good thing." Looking at the unremarkable unmanned helicopter in front of him, Comrade Shi Baosen nodded with emotion: "It is indeed a good thing, but the distance of this image transmission is a little short."

Are you still not satisfied with the image transmission distance of 7 kilometers?

Zhang Qihang explained with a smile: "Leader, drones have different uses and positioning, so their performance is also different. For the vast majority of users, the image transmission distance of 7 kilometers is enough to meet their requirements. For a longer image transmission distance, our Huateng Industrial Group also has a large drone, which is equipped with a high-power image transmission system, and the maximum image transmission distance can reach dozens of kilometers..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang's heart naturally moved, and a never-before-seen idea came to his mind: the reason for the image transmission distance of the group's drone developed on the basis of the ASN-206 drone Limited, in addition to the limited capability of the image transmission system, another very important reason is that the ground control center is limited by the curvature of the earth, and wants to achieve global image transmission like the RQ-1 "Predator" UAV. ability, the only way is to transmit signals and data through communication satellites...

But we have communication satellites!
As early as 1984, our country launched the first geostationary orbit experimental communication satellite: Dongfanghong 2.

The launch of the Dongfanghong-2 experimental communication satellite also made our country the fifth country in the world capable of launching a geostationary communication satellite on its own.

Zhang Qihang doesn't know the current situation of the development of China's communication satellites, but after more than 10 years of technological development, he should have a considerable technical level, right?
So here comes the question: Since our country already has its own communication satellite, can we rent a line that can guarantee communication and data transmission?If you can rent a data link with enough bandwidth to transmit image data, then...

Zhang Qihang was excited!

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After accompanying Comrade Shi Baosen to complete the tour, Zhang Qihang called Yang Zhijun immediately in the car on the way back: "Old Yang, please help me check the development of our national communication satellites, and find out more. What is the way to rent a certain amount of satellite bandwidth."

Yang Zhijun was taken aback, and quickly asked what was going on.

"I just thought of it too," Zhang Qihang said: "If we can lease a certain amount of communication satellite bandwidth, our drones can realize image data transmission across the country. For example, this time we and the provincial agricultural department and For this resource census activity conducted by the forestry department, you said, if the data can be uploaded to the stars, would we still be in such trouble?"

"Going to the stars? This is a good way, why didn't I think of it?" Understanding Zhang Qihang's thoughts, Yang Zhijun slapped his thigh excitedly: "But satellite resources shouldn't be cheap, right?"

"It shouldn't be cheap, but anyway, let's find out and see the situation first."

"makes sense."

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As the CEO of Guodian Group, it is naturally impossible for Shi Baosen to stay in Rongzhou City for too long. After personally seeing some of the most typical applications of unmanned helicopters in the power industry, he is very interested in the use of drones in the power industry. He gave a high degree of affirmation, thinking that unmanned helicopters can play a huge role in the early planning and survey of power lines, the erection of power lines, and the later maintenance of power lines. The practice of the application was commended, calling on the power departments of all provinces in the country to actively learn from the power department of Bashu Province.

Zhang Qihang is very happy. With Comrade Shi Baosen's instructions, he believes that it is just around the corner that unmanned helicopters will open up the national power industry market.

As for Comrade Yang, his work efficiency is very high. As soon as Zhang Qihang came back from Bashu Province, he came to report to Zhang Qihang, but after the topic officially started, his first sentence made Zhang Qihang frown : "Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid you are not very optimistic about leasing the communication satellite bandwidth."

Zhang Qihang frowned: "How to say?"

"After our country launched the first experimental communication satellite Dongfanghong-1984 in 2, the official model of Dongfanghong-2 satellite was launched two years later: Dongfanghong-2A practical communication and broadcasting satellite, compared to 2 The test satellite, the performance of the official satellite has been comprehensively improved and improved, the signal strength of the communication earth station has been significantly improved, the quality of the received TV image has been greatly improved, and the transmission quality has been improved, reaching two channels of TV broadcast and 84 channels Telephony capabilities.

在1986年发射了东方红2号的正式星之后，咱们国家又分别在1988年、1990年和1991年分别发射了3颗东方红2号系列的通讯卫星。”

Zhang Qihang nodded: "And then? Is there any problem?"

He heard the meaning hidden in the words of supporting himself.

"Yes," Yang Zhijun nodded and said, "These Dongfanghong-2 series communication satellites are experimental communication satellites, which only solve the problem of whether we have communication satellites, but because of this, the number of transponders in this generation of communication satellites There is a big gap with foreign countries in terms of transponder capability, service life, etc. At the same time, foreign communication satellites can already carry 24 transponders, with a service life of more than 10 years. But our communication satellites have a service life of only three or four years. The number of transponders is only four."

"A design life of three to four years? Doesn't that mean that several satellites launched before are no longer available?"

The small number of transponders was expected by Zhang Qihang, because given the gap in aviation technology between our country and Europe and the United States, this is normal, but I heard that the lifespan is so short, which is a bit unexpected The imagination set sail.

"I'm not very clear about this. According to what I have learned, even if it can be used, it should be used after the end of its lifespan," Yang Zhijun said: "So after the Dongfanghong-2 series of communication satellites, our country will also use them. Developed a new generation of communication satellite: Dongfanghong 3..."

"Dongfanghong No. 3?" Zhang Qihang frowned, he felt that the name seemed familiar, and the next moment, his eyes widened: "You mean..."

He suddenly remembered that our country's satellite launches in the past few years seem to have been very difficult, or in other words, since the mid-90s, it was the low tide of our country's satellite launches.

"Yes," Yang Zhijun nodded and said, "In the past few years, our country's satellite launch process, especially the launch of communication satellites, has not been smooth. Exhausted in advance, resulting in the failure of the satellite to successfully locate;
At the beginning of last year, a satellite launched by a foreign country had a major satellite and rocket accident, resulting in 6 deaths and 57 injuries;
The launch of the Fengyun-8 weather satellite in August last year also failed..."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhijun couldn't help lowering his head, his eyes were red.

Yes……

Following Yang Zhijun's explanation, Zhang Qihang finally remembered that yes, the mid-90s was indeed the darkest moment in China's space launch history, although no country can guarantee a 100% success rate for its own rocket launches , but the launch failed twice a year, and there were serious launch errors for several years in a row, which was a fatal blow to the entire Chinese aerospace industry.

Zhang Qihang also remembered that in the past two years, more and more ordinary people have purchased satellite "pots" privately and watched satellite TV programs through satellite pots. This shows that the five Dongfanghong 5 series communication satellites launched by our country before Still in use.

In addition, if I remember correctly, probably starting from this year, even if the aerospace system has come out of the trough, the subsequent few launches have been very successful.

Having said that, even if the aerospace system relies on finances, the pressure on the current aerospace system must not be small, right?However, Huateng Industrial Group proposed to rent a transponder directly at this time. Will it be successful?
Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang couldn't calm down anymore, and he immediately told Lao Yang: "Lao Yang, find a way to contact the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and ask them when the next communication satellite will be launched. If we directly How much does it cost to lease a transponder?"

"Leasing a transponder?" Yang Zhijun was stunned: "How is this possible? Although the satellite is launched by the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, this thing is the property of the country. How could they lease it to us?"

"Isn't it?" Zhang Qihang couldn't help frowning when he heard the words: "I'm anxious. Internationally, leasing satellite resources is a very common commercial phenomenon, right?"

It seems that I have heard that our country has also rented satellites from other countries, but this is just a chat I heard at the wine table. I am not sure whether it is really Zhang Qihang, but one thing is certain, that Even internationally, the act of renting satellite resources is really just a very common commercial act, as long as you can afford it.

"That's right," Yang Zhijun nodded and said, "But there seems to be no precedent for this kind of situation in our country, right?"

"Then let's ask first." Thinking of the wide application of his drones abroad, Zhang Qihang's heart couldn't help but agitated: "If it doesn't work, let's buy a satellite by ourselves to provide our drones overseas. Human-machine users provide services, in addition to meeting our own needs, we can also lease out excess satellite resources.”

"What?!"

Yang Zhijun was overwhelmed by the words of his boss: "Let's launch the satellite by ourselves?!"

Because the news was so shocking that Yang Zhijun's voice changed.

"It's not that we launch the satellite ourselves, but we buy a satellite, and then spend money to ask the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to launch it for us," Zhang Qihang explained, "I'm thinking about doing this business...but it's still a bit of a waste of time to talk about it now." It's too early, Lao Yang, you can first ask if you can lease a transponder directly. If you can't lease it, how much will it cost to buy a satellite and launch it? In addition, how much will it cost to lease satellite resources? "

Looking at the serious Zhang Qihang, Yang Zhijun's voice trembled: "Mr. Zhang, is what you said true?"

"Of course, it's more real than real money!"

"But... is this necessary?" Yang Zhijun really couldn't understand what was going on in Zhang Qihang's mind: "I heard that a satellite can easily cost tens of millions of dollars. Such an expensive thing, When will we get our money back?"

"Lao Yang, Lao Yang, I'm not talking about you, your ability to diverge your thinking needs to be strengthened," Zhang Qihang sighed, and said helplessly, "You can't just think about how expensive a satellite is, you have to think about it." Satellites are means of production, with satellites, how much money can we make with this satellite?"

(End of this chapter)