I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

February 4th is the beginning of spring. It is not advisable to see a doctor, move, or go to bed. It is better to get a haircut or launch a rocket.

The Xinyuan-5 rocket, which has been reused three times, was erected at Station 4 of the Qiongzhou Launch Site, preparing to fly into space.

This is Xinyuan's last launch mission before the Spring Festival. Most people at Xinyuan Company are on vacation, and a small number of staff on rotation are also on vacation after coming to Qiongzhou to take charge of this launch mission.

The Xinyuan-5A type launched this time carries 7 "Latitude and Longitude" series satellites, with a single mass of 1,100 kilograms, a single price of 12 million, and an on-orbit life of 15 years.

Satellites of the same level generally cost about 3,000 to 40 million, but because Xinyuan decided to purchase 75 backup satellites in a row, most of the parts were handed over to suppliers, and the customized parts were turned into production parts, which greatly reduced the cost. Moreover, the satellite-borne chip is a ternary chip produced by Xinyuan, and the price is much cheaper than purchased from outside.

A total of 10 launches, 70 satellites will form the "Jingwei Smart Network" planned by Xinyuan Company.

This batch of satellites is divided into 8 batches. Each batch has the functions of measurement and control, communication, and guidance. However, the functions focused on each batch are different. They are distributed in geostationary orbits, inclined geosynchronous orbits, and 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbits. orbit and low-Earth orbit.

Jingwei Smart Network will invest approximately 1.8 billion yuan. Once completed, it can provide communication and navigation services to the world and is part of terrestrial smart travel.

There were two plans for this smart network plan. One was the low-cost small satellite plan, which launched 400 to 500 kilograms of small satellites in low orbit (although the weight of current satellites is not small), and the unit price was controlled at 2 to 3 million yuan. , launching more than 500 satellites to cover low orbit, providing high-speed information services without blind spots.

The second is that today's large and sophisticated launch platforms weigh one ton, have longer lifespans and higher orbits, and do not need to use propellant at all times to maintain low orbits.

In addition, six "Alpine" satellites will be launched into geosynchronous orbit next year to provide perfect global coverage and comprehensive services, with an estimated investment of 1.4 billion yuan.

The role of "Gaoshan" is to provide high-precision positioning and navigation in space, assist deep space aircraft in orbit correction, and provide information relay services.

Although these satellite projects are not intended to make money, their uses are destined to be long-term and as long as they think about it, some people are willing to spend money on them.

The space agency has remained silent on these satellite missions, only requiring reporting of orbital parameters, and stating that commercial applications require certain licenses.

But the military seemed very active. It showed strong interest even before the satellites were launched and declared. Not only did they agree to help with the procedures, they were even willing to buy the rights to use several satellites, but they didn't know what they would be used for.

However, there was considerable international reaction to the announcement of the new Far Launch satellite network. Some people criticized the weight of these satellites for their purpose, and there were also folk conspiracy theories that Lin Ju wanted to rule the world from space...

Only NACA remained silent, silently increasing the Air Force's satellite launch plan several times.

Ma Yilong also remained silent. In January 2015, he proposed the Starlink plan consisting of 12,000 small satellites. Now he found that someone was faster than him. While fully cooperating with the moon landing, he also accelerated the development of Starlink. Specific technical demonstration

The next night in Qiongzhou, Lin Ju opened a dark and heavy notebook.

This is a notebook produced with X32035 and matching ternary components. The operating system is completely self-developed and has been widely used within Xinyuan Company.

In the past days, Guo Shen had long considered the issue of leaks, so he required the internal network to be physically isolated from the outside world. The company's server access rights were strictly managed, and connections to any device that might send information to the outside world were prohibited.

No need for it now, the internal server has been moved to "Xingchen No. 1", and employees' work materials are uploaded in a timely manner, completely eliminating the possibility of network intrusion.

This is a difference in the system. No matter how good a hacker is, he cannot perform in an unfamiliar field. Moreover, the large-scale AI "Shanhai" developed based on SC09 has been initially put into use, and it exists in both the Star-1 supercomputer and the satellite network in space. middle.

Therefore, smart networks are truly smart.

The initially perfected "Shanhai" is enough to supervise any connected device, and the built-in security module can definitely ensure data security.

Lin Ju's laptop has a built-in satellite terminal, which is directly connected to satellites in low-Earth orbit. The downlink speed is 1000Mbps and the uplink speed is 300Mbps, which is much faster than 5G.

Of course, the terminals supported by satellite direct connection are limited. Unless it really launches tens of thousands of satellites like Lao Ma's Starlink, high-speed Internet access can be achieved, but it is actually unreliable.

The anti-interference ability of small satellites is too poor, and their dense clusters pose too much threat to the safety of spacecraft. Later, Lao Ma launched a Starlink satellite, forcing the Chinese space station to have to make two emergency changes to prevent collisions.

And of the 49 Starlink satellites launched that time, 40 were destroyed by magnetic storms.

Another important role of Jingwei Smart Network is intelligent driving. It will be five years before the Beidou network is successfully established, and there is still a certain adaptation period. Currently, Xin'an Automobile still uses GPS guidance.

Lin Ju plans to branch out into a subsidiary company in the future to specialize in mapping and navigation software, and then send people to drive surveying and mapping vehicles around the country to provide the basis for intelligent driving and prepare for autonomous driving.

It's quite exciting to think about grabbing Beidou's business.

However, the navigation services of Jingwei Smart Network are mainly in the Asia-Pacific region, and other regions are more focused on measurement and control.

After entering the system, the UI interface is not much different from that of windows. This is also to adapt to the user's operating habits. There are only a few built-in applications.

There is no way, Xinyuan's technical strength is not yet able to rebuild the entire ternary application ecosystem on its own, and it takes appropriate time for the entire industry to create it.

Lin Ju opened an app and displayed a partially highlighted and flashing earth.

Selecting and zooming in, Lin Ju saw an aircraft carrier waiting for maintenance in the Newpost Shipyard dock.

This is a still photo taken three minutes ago with a resolution of 0.5M, which is enough for satellites.

What is a surveillance world? (Look back)

"Boss, how does it feel to control the world?"

Guo Shen came over and stretched out his hand to zoom in on the screen, which immediately displayed a picture of a small town in Texas.

His hand covers just half of the screen, and he can indeed be said to have "mastery of the world."

But Lin Ju didn't drift away, and then thought of something:

"Lao Guo, are you over thirty?"

"Um, I'm 32 soon. What's wrong, boss?"

Lin Ju said with a sincere look on his face: "Boss is not young anymore. Isn't it time to consider personal issues?"

"..."

Guo Shen turned around and left, leaving Lin Ju laughing under the launch tower, with only a Xinyuan-2 rocket beside him to accompany him.

It is already the night of February 5th, and the day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival, so Xinyuan has prepared fireworks as usual.

The first stage of this Xinyuan-2 rocket is composed of nine individual fireworks cans weighing 15 tons, 2 meters in diameter, and equipped with rocket boosters.

They will be launched to an altitude of 8,000 meters and then separate, then spread evenly before falling and detonating. The huge fireworks produced will be visible to the entire Qiongzhou Island crowd without going anywhere.

The fireworks can in the center is lighter and has a parachute. The formula inside is the same as that of a flare. It can stay in the air for 200 seconds and make the surrounding miles as bright as day.

The "Weiyang" fireworks show has officially appeared on the Spring Festival Gala program list, and five minutes will be reserved for the show.

Faced with this major pollution and damage to the environment, the Qiongzhou government has made a resolute response and has notified the people of the province in advance to come out on time to see it and not to waste it.