Super Weapon Swap System

Western Union?

Hearing this, even Qin Guan wondered what kind of company it was. He had never heard of it?

"I know this company. This company is a communication company. They buy Hughes' satellites and use them by themselves. Their company's current business situation is not very good." along with Wang Lao, there are several diplomatic personnel. Qin Guan immediately understood this.

I see.

Their company's operation is not good and may go bankrupt at any time. Therefore, such a company must be the most sensitive to the price. The quotation for launching satellites from their own side is very low. They must be interested in choosing their own side as the launcher. However, such a company also has risks. What if they go bankrupt? Then your early preparations may be in vain.

However, even if it's floating, it's worth doing, because we have money. What are we afraid of.

"Then let's prepare and entertain the guests tomorrow," Qin Guan said.

Wang Lao's face was even more beaming. He immediately went to analyze with others to see what satellites the other party would launch in the near future and what his side would use to sell to the other party. He must satisfy the other party.

The next day, Stephen Ike, the dusty marketing manager of Western Union Company, appeared in front of the crowd. He didn't look very good because he took a plane at night and only rested for a few hours. Now, he was still sleepy. However, when he saw Qin Guan, Stephen still smiled: "President Qin, it's a great honor to meet you. You are a miracle in the business world. We have seen your refreshing business skills."

What's the trick? Do you know I did it on purpose? Qin Guan's face was very helpless. This guy obviously didn't praise people. No wonder their company was mismanaged. Such people became market managers and ran into walls everywhere.

"Please sit down. You've come all the way. What can I do for you?" Qin Guan asked.

"We learned from Hughes that your launch cost can be 20% lower than other commercial launches, right?" Stephen asked.

"Of course." Qin Guan said, "we are in the early stage of entering the commercial launch market. In order to open the market, we can enjoy this discount only after signing the launch reservation agreement with us."

The launch reservation agreement is a proper term, just like the seat occupied by college students in later generations. You know, if you want to have a launch mission, you must launch in the space center. The number of launch pads in the space center is limited and the preparation time is very long, so you need to book in advance. This is the launch reservation agreement. With this agreement first, you can have subsequent launches Ready to shoot.

Now, hearing Qin Guan's words, Stephen immediately said: "of course, there is no problem. We are here to sign the agreement. Our Western Union Satellite 6 is a synchronous communication satellite, weighing nearly three tons. Can you launch it?"

Hearing what the other party said about xilianxing 6, Mr. Wang suddenly remembered something: "is it the satellite that failed to launch the year before last?"

Bad luck and ill fated. Feng Tang yilao and Li Guang are hard to seal. There are things that make people sigh when talking about regrettable things. There are things everywhere in history. If you want to say that in the satellite industry, those who are ill fated must definitely mention the Xilian 6.

Since the eagle country had the space shuttle, they have been quite proud. Even the president of the eagle country signed an order. From now on, all projects that can be launched by the space shuttle must be launched by the space shuttle. Otherwise, how can they promote the space shuttle.

So in February 1984, the space shuttle Challenger carried the Western Union 6 into space with another palapa B2 satellite.

The space shuttle launches satellites, which are different from rockets. They are loaded in the cargo warehouse of the space shuttle. Then, when they reach the space orbit, the robot arm grabs the satellite out and throws it out. That's all right, but it's just a low earth orbit. The space shuttle can't reach the same orbit.

The launch of satellites in synchronous orbit needs to continue. Fortunately, they have now left the atmosphere and entered outer space. As long as the rocket engine is ignited, they can be successfully pushed into orbit.

However, the two satellites were very unlucky. After leaving the space shuttle, the engine did not ignite as scheduled, so they failed to enter the scheduled orbit, and the satellite launch failed.

This is a huge blow to Western Union. Even if an insurance company pays the insurance premium, their satellite needs to be used. Now there is no satellite, how can they forward communication information.

Fortunately, however, the ground tracking station monitored and calculated the specific positions of the two satellites and found that the satellites were in good condition.

After all, the cost of satellites is high. Now that these two satellites are intact, just recycle them!

Eagle's black technology is reflected in this way. Only the space shuttle can do this, but nothing else can. After all, such a large cargo is generally gasified when it comes back from space. Only the huge cargo cabin of the space shuttle can bring the satellite back intact. At the same time, only the way of taxiing and landing of the space shuttle can be restarted Back to the ground, ordinary spaceships are parachutes. They definitely don't have this ability.

This also reflects the advanced nature of the space shuttle. Although the launch failed, we can still recycle it.

So, on November 8 that year, the space shuttle discovery was launched into space. After recovering the palapab2 satellite, the satellite was recovered. Because it was far away, even two astronauts took a spacewalk to reach the vicinity of the satellite, took the satellite back to the warehouse, and then returned to the ground safely.

Hughes has renovated the satellite again, which has been tossed into the middle of this year. Now, the satellite is still being renovated. When the renovation is completed, it can be launched.

But what.

What launch option? Thinking of the last experience, Western Union Company was frightened. They didn't want to use the space shuttle anymore. At the same time, their company's funds were too tight to support the cost of space shuttle launch. Now, Qin Guan and others went to Hughes company to promote their own launch. Western Union Company immediately knew that the cost was saved by 20%. Moreover, the previous launch of Han people, There was almost no record of failure, so they were moved and immediately ran over to let the Han people launch. It was cheap and safe.