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Chapter 779 This business can be done!
"This..." Yang Zhijun said as tactfully as possible: "Do you have any good ideas?"

In Yang Zhijun's understanding, satellites are of course very important. For any big country, satellites are the crystallization of science and technology and an important key node of a country. But it is precisely because this is a node that the situation of satellites is more embarrassing: This thing does not mean that you have a satellite, you need to do a lot of peripheral research and development and supporting facilities around the satellite, so you can’t make much money at all with a satellite—of course, there may be ways to make money, but I really don’t do not know.

Zhang Qihang has some ideas: "Don't talk about what we are not familiar with, just talk about the resource census, Lao Yang, you should know how expensive the international resource census service companies are, right?"

Hearing Zhang Qihang mention this, Yang Zhijun couldn't help grinning: "That's not cheap."

"You said, if we have a communication satellite, um, even if we rent a transponder on a communication satellite, this communication satellite can cooperate with our fixed-wing UAV to fly continuously for more than ten hours , What is this in essence? This is a low-profile version of the resource survey satellite! The most important thing is that this is a resource survey satellite that can change orbits at any time, and there is no need to worry about consuming too much energy when changing orbits!

If we have dozens or hundreds of fixed-wing drones, how much can we charge for resource census alone in a year? "

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang couldn't help getting excited: "Think about how many countries in the world have the need for resource census, but they have been limited by the expensive cost of traditional resource census and have not been able to use resource census satellites. Accurate census work, but these days, as long as they're willing to spend a little money, that's not a problem."

Resource census?

Yes, resource census!
Thinking of the huge price the province had spent in order to understand the province's agricultural development and forestry preservation, Yang Zhijun's thoughts were suddenly opened: Yes, if the communication satellite can be connected with his own long-endurance fixed-wing wireless How powerful is the combination of man and machine?

And it's not just a resource survey, don't those "clients" of Huateng Industrial Group in the Middle East have the need to understand the internal situation of their "partners"?

In the past, due to limited technical conditions, we could not provide similar service support to our friends, but if Huateng Industrial Group has its own communication satellite and cooperates with its own fixed-wing UAV, then everything will no longer be a problem!
Thinking of this, Yang Zhijun quickly changed his mind: "Mr. Zhang, you are right. I thought it was easy on this matter. If the communication satellite is used well, there is indeed a lot to do. Well...but I suggest that we Don’t go to the Aerospace Industry Corporation for now. Let’s first understand the international companies that provide satellite services and what types of satellite services they can provide. First, we have a general understanding of this industry, and then we will think about this matter. what to do."

Makes sense!
Zhang Qihang feels that Yang Zhijun's idea is correct. A project with such a large investment cannot be done just by thinking about it, and the corresponding investigation and understanding work must be done.

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With the current scale of Huateng Industrial Group, when they want to understand a certain business model, the efficiency is astonishing. Soon, Yang Zhijun brought Zhang Qihang the information he wanted to know.

"Mr. Zhang, currently the largest satellite service company in the world is called the International Satellite Communications Organization, and its English name is Intelsat..."

"Wait a minute," Zhang Qihang interrupted Yang Zhijun, and asked in surprise, "You said that this organization called Intelsat is an enterprise? Are they not an international organization?"

Zhang Qihang had heard of the name Intelsat, but he had always thought that it was an international organization similar to the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, but now, Yang Zhijun actually told himself that the name was Is Intelsat an agency actually a company?
Yang Zhijun understood why Zhang Qihang reacted like this, because his reaction when he saw the news just now was similar to Zhang Qihang's. He nodded and said, "You can call them an international organization, but they are essentially a satellite provider. service company, and it is also a company listed in the United States.”

"..."

This was somewhat beyond Zhang Qihang's imagination. After a while, Zhang Qihang said: "Okay, please give me a brief introduction to the business situation of this international satellite communication organization."

"This is exactly what I'm going to report to you next," Yang Zhijun nodded, and said, "The vast majority of broadcast and cable service providers in the United States rely on Intelsat's satellite network to distribute programs across the country; SATCOM also provides communication services for airplanes, ships and other long-distance travelers. The satellites used in international satellite phones and satellite faxes basically come from SATCOM.

So in general, the services provided by the International Satellite Communications Organization include satellite phone, satellite fax, and radio and television. As for the combination of satellite communication, drones, and resource census, they have not yet done so. "

Zhang Qihang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Basically, it's all traditional satellite service content."

"Well, it can be said so," Yang Zhijun nodded and said, "In addition, I also learned about the service items our country provides in the aerospace field. Generally speaking, there are joys and sorrows."

Zhang Qihang nodded: "Tell me."

Yang Zhijun introduced: "The joy is that our country has been working hard to develop international aerospace business. As early as 1980, our country established the China Great Wall Industry Corporation. The Great Wall Industry Corporation is also the only company in our country approved by the central government It can be said that as long as you want to launch a rocket, you can only find Great Wall Industry.

But on the other hand, since our country has begun to undertake international satellite launch business, it makes no sense to only accept international business and not domestic business. "

"Well," Zhang Qihang nodded: "You continue."

Since there are joys and sorrows, and the joys are finished, what is the sorrow?Zhang Qihang was a little curious.

"Okay," Yang Zhijun continued: "Although the Great Wall Industrial Corporation was established as early as 1980, it did not receive its first order of business until 1989, that is, in 1989, the US Hughes Satellite Company's 'Asia One' 'Satellite launch mission.

The "Asia No. 90" satellite was successfully launched in April 4. This is also the first foreign satellite successfully launched by our country with our self-developed rocket, marking that our aerospace industry has officially gone out of the country and has international competition. Ability.

With the successful launch of "Asia No. [-]", the Great Wall Industry Corporation has successively received many orders for satellites in the past few years. The success rate of the launch is still acceptable. The Industrial Corporation has been working hard to find a breakthrough in international satellite sales, but so far, our country has not made much progress in satellite sales, so..."

Understood!
What else do you not understand?

To put it bluntly, "our satellites have not opened up the international market." To put it bluntly, our satellites are not very competitive in the world, so no one buys them. But then again, no one Buying is one thing, and we have been actively trying to sell our satellites to foreign countries.

Zhang Qihang nodded: "Anyway, as long as our country is willing to sell satellites, that's a good thing, and it means we have a chance."

"Yes, I think so too." Speaking of this, Yang Zhijun couldn't help showing a smile on his face: "Since our country is willing to sell satellites to the outside world, there is no reason to only sell them to foreign countries and not to domestic companies. What's more, our Huateng Industrial Group itself is a state-owned enterprise... Oh, yes, I also inquired about the general situation of the new generation of communication satellites expected to be launched in May: Dongfanghong 5 series."

"Oh? Tell me," Zhang Qihang immediately became interested after hearing from Yang Zhijun that he even found out about the situation of the Dongfanghong-[-] communication satellite, "I'm really curious, this satellite How are the satellites doing?"

"Compared to the previous generation of Dongfanghong-4 series with only 2 transponders, the performance improvement of the new generation of Dongfanghong-3 series of communication satellites is revolutionary," said Yang Zhijun not only elated, but also excited : "First of all, the number of transponders has increased from 2 in the Dongfanghong 4 series to 24, reaching the level of communication satellites in Europe and the United States in the early 80s. The most important thing is that the bandwidth of each transponder is as high as 36MHz , the protection bandwidth is also 4MHz, which is a huge improvement compared to the previous generation Dongfanghong 2 series;
The second is the lifespan. Compared with the Dongfanghong No. 2 series with a design life of only three years, the design life of the Dongfanghong No. 8 series is as high as [-] years;
Another point is that the signal coverage area of ​​the satellite is larger!According to the design, Dongfanghong-3 communication satellites have two service areas. The first service area is the mainland, which also includes Hai@South, VV VV, and the second service area includes Dongsha, Zhongsha, Xisha, etc. It can be said that when the Dongfanghong [-] series communication satellite network is completed, our country will have its own communication satellite group covering the entire land and ocean. "

Speaking of this, Yang Zhijun was very excited. He knew very well what it meant for a modern sovereign country to have its own communication satellite. To put it bluntly, this is the guarantee of national defense security.

Of course, for Huateng Industrial Group, whether to lease a transponder or even buy a satellite, there is still a lot of work to be done, such as the most basic point: at least do a good job in the communication between the drone and the satellite. Debug and match work, right?
Thinking of this, Zhang Qihang made a quick decision and said, "Let's go, let's ask the experts if the debugging and matching between the drone and the communication satellite can be done well."

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Huateng Industrial Research Institute.

Hearing Zhang Qihang's thoughts, Sergei Izotov pushed his glasses: "Do you want to install satellite dishes on our drones? Of course this is no problem, it's a very simple thing, but you want to do it To what extent?"

Zhang Qihang said: "We hope to be able to transmit image data in real time like the American RQ-1 'Predator' UAV."

"Real-time transmission of image data? Then the requirements for bandwidth will be high," Sergey Izotov couldn't help but look at Zhang Qihang in surprise, and said with a frown, "If you want to ensure the smooth transmission of images, At the same time, to ensure the flight stability of the drone, at least 1Mbps of bandwidth is required, and the cost will be unimaginably high..."

Need bandwidth up to 1Mbps?

Zhang Qihang frowned, although he didn't know how to calculate the cost of this bandwidth, but as long as he thought about the expensive cost of the satellite phone, he knew that it was definitely not a small amount.

Of course, expensive is not a problem, the problem is whether you can earn it back...

After pondering for a while, Zhang Qihang said: "I have never doubted that the U.S. military's RQ-1 'Predator' UAV is the development trend of military UAVs worldwide. The market demand is not so big now, but the satellite data link The development of long-endurance fixed-wing UAVs must be put on the agenda now."

Sergey Izotov's eyes lit up, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Very wise choice."

Zhang Qihang turned to Yang Zhijun and said, "Lao Yang, please contact the Aerospace Industry Corporation and ask them if they have enough satellite bandwidth. If so, can they rent some to us."

Yang Zhijun hurriedly responded.

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What Zhang Qihang didn't expect was that the speed of the Aerospace Industry Corporation was ridiculous. That afternoon, a person who claimed to be the Great Wall Industry Corporation called Zhang Qihang's desk, and the other party was even a little anxious. Nai: "Mr. Zhang, I am Zhao Fei, the business manager of the Great Wall Industrial Corporation. Our comrades told me that your company is planning to lease part of the satellite bandwidth. Is that true?"

Zhang Qihang nodded happily: "Well, there is such a thing..."

Hearing that Zhang Qihang admitted that it was true, Zhao Fei was immediately excited, and before Zhang Qihang finished speaking, he hurriedly asked: "Then, which country are you helping to inquire about? Do you think they have bought satellites?" possible?"

Zhang Qihang was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry. He understood the meaning of this manager Zhao: probably because Huateng Industrial Group has overseas business relations, this manager Zhao thought that he was helping a certain overseas country to inquire about the situation. News, this is really...I said, why is Manager Zhao so impatient.

(End of this chapter)