Lu Zixin nodded and said: "We will send the orbit data of the test satellite later. I hope we can have a happy cooperation."
"Don't worry, rocket launches are no different from other industries, and there is no room for mistakes. What's more, this is the first time our company has received such a large number of orders, and we will definitely go all out to complete the launch target!" Zeng Rui assured.
This batch of launch orders from Hongxin can be said to be rare in the world. The cost of a rocket launch is hundreds of millions of Chinese coins. Since their recyclable rocket technology is not yet mature, the cost of each launch is directly accumulated.
Even for the most basic 48 small satellites, the launch cost is close to 5 billion, and this is without any problems. If the number of satellites continues to increase, the cost and number of launch rockets will continue to rise.
In fact, Lu Zixin really wanted Hongxin to study rocket technology. It would be great if he could create an aerospace plane that could be used for repeated space transportation. Unfortunately, he simply doesn't have the energy now.
Hongxin's machinery industry has just reached the stage of researching electric vehicles, and its aerospace technology is still far behind. As for the technology of small satellites, it is actually mainly mobile communication technology, not mainstream aerospace technology.
The development and launch of Sky Star cannot be completed in a few days. During this period, Hongxin made simple market adjustments.
The original plan to enter the US market has been shelved, and it is not seeking cooperation with third-party sales platforms in the US for the time being. At the same time, it has not entered the European market, but is consolidating the domestic market and island country market, and developing the market in East Asia.
In addition, the main research direction of Hongxin Electronic Technology has also turned to hardware upgrades.
If the 6G communication network is successfully deployed, some existing hardware and network facilities will have to be upgraded to adapt to the 6G communication network.
Among them, smart chips are a key!
Hongxin Company used all the previous Red Core chips for its own use. Only Rice Company paid a certain patent fee and purchased Red Core first-generation chips from Hongxin.
Other mobile phone or smart product manufacturers basically use chips from foreign manufacturers. For example, Qualcomm in the United States has mastered the core technology of 4G networks, so many domestic mobile phone manufacturers must purchase Qualcomm's mobile phone chips.
To use Qualcomm's chips, you have to pay a high patent licensing fee. This fee once reached 5% of the product's selling price. Including hardware fees, adaptation fees, etc., nearly 20% of the selling price of a mobile phone is taken by Qualcomm. Go away, this ratio is even higher than the manufacturer’s own profit from the product!
This is to use technology to turn Chinese manufacturers into their "workers" and make money for them.
Qualcomm's annual revenue in the Chinese market exceeds 10 billion U.S. dollars. Therefore, China has also conducted antitrust investigations against it, but with little success.
In addition to Qualcomm, there are also giants such as Apple and Samsung that charge high patent fees through similar technology monopolies. Manufacturers around the world can only suffer in silence, but if Hongxin launches 6G network and 6G chips, everything will change!
At that time, not only the telecommunications industry will change, but other mobile phone brands will not be able to use Hongxin's 6G chip technology, nor will they be able to use 6G networks. Therefore, whether it is Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung, or Apple, they will have to pay high patent fees to Hongxin to use Redcore 6G chips.
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One month later, the Microsatellite Engineering Laboratory, the first SkyStar small satellite was manufactured!
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and manufacturing the first one is the most difficult. As long as one is completely successful, subsequent satellites can be replicated.
"This is the Sky Star!" Lu Zixin looked at the small satellite in front of him. It was a standard cube with a maximum side length of no more than three meters. It carried 6G mobile communication network devices and high-frequency signal transmitters and receivers.
On both sides of the small satellite, there are solar panels designed by Kunpeng Battery Factory, which are connected to high-energy-density lithium-air batteries specially designed for satellites. They can also be charged by solar energy. The battery design life is longer than the service life of the satellite.
The estimated service life of this kind of sky star is 15 years, which is considered to be particularly long-lived among small satellites!
"What are the test results?" Lu Zixin asked.
The R&D personnel replied: "Everything is normal in the ground testing, and the space operation test has not started yet."
Zhang Qiang replied: "There is no problem with the simulation operation. We are currently constructing the ground base station and manufacturing the second Sky Star. It is expected to complete a total of three Sky Star test satellites and a total of three Sky Star test satellites from the capital to the Magic City in half a month." Main ground signal receiving base station."
Lu Zixin is relatively reassured by RI-8901's answer, because it is an industrial robot that has received Skynet data, and the error will be reduced to a minimum.
The satellite manufacturing plan and the launch plan are carried out at the same time. Aerospace Engineering Co., Ltd. has formulated the latest launch plan based on the orbit and satellite-related data provided by Hongxin.
Twenty-five days later, China Aerospace Engineering Co., Ltd. will use the latest independently developed commercial launch vehicle to send three Sky Star test satellites to low-Earth orbit, launching the first satellite-ground-covered sixth-generation mobile Communication technology test!
As soon as this news came out, the communications industry around the world turned their attention! No one expected that in just two months since the Chinese Industry and Information Technology Department approved the Cangqiongwang project, the Cangqingxing satellite would be tested!
This research and development efficiency makes people feel that they are not making satellites, but handicrafts!
The explanation given by Hongxin Group is that the relevant technology has been perfected for a long time and is just being tested for improvement.
In any case, the eyes of the whole world are on the three Skystar experimental satellites. Once these three satellites are successfully operated, the pattern of the world's communications industry will change!
"Crazy! Are they crazy to conduct a test so quickly?" Gru, an AT&T company in Radas, Texas, USA, stood up and shouted after seeing the report.
If the sixth generation mobile communication technology is really developed, the first ones to be impacted will be telecom operators like them, especially AT&T, which is still one of the top three telecom operators in the world!
"When we talked about cooperation with Hongxin, they never mentioned this!" Gru said, "This must be a trick to fool people!"
In front of him was Tyler Walker, who was communicating in real time online. He said: "Dear Gru, you don't have to panic. I think this news is just a fake move used by China to protest. Not long ago, Mr. President just signed They are very dissatisfied with the document on increasing tariffs on Chinese consumer electronics, so if they want to make a fuss, we can just watch.”
"I just promised the chairman of the committee that if Hongxin can complete the sixth generation communication technology in such a short time, I would rather become a woman! Hahaha, that's impossible!"