Chapter 303 Damn it, what kind of satellite is this?

Just as Hu Lai, Wang Lulu and others were drinking red wine in the private room of the observatory closest to the launch site, waiting for the "Clipper Series" rocket to take off.

"Zero Space" CEO Pang Panglong and Zhang Xiaoou, who are responsible for this rocket launch, are sitting at the rocket launch ground center to make final confirmations before launch.

At the same time, in the ground center lounge.

Director Zhang and the CEOs of the two other commercial satellite companies that were carrying the Clipper rocket to space stayed in the lounge, waiting for the launch moment to arrive.

After a brief introduction between the three of them, a middle-aged man approached them first.

"Mr. Zhang, it is fate that we can carry the same rocket to the sky as our Phoenix satellite this time. You can give me more advice in the future."

The speaker was Mr. Li, the CEO of the "Jiutian MSI" commercial satellite company. Their company's communication satellites will be carried into orbit on rockets together with the "Observation Series".

Director Zhang took a sip of tea, waved his hand and said:

"We are all brothers and sisters, so if you have any questions, just say it!"

Lao Zhang's words were all polite. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but turn to the window and glance at the rocket launch pad not far away.

Mr. Li observed the words and expressions and heard the absent-mindedness in Factory Director Zhang's words.

After thinking for a while, he smiled slightly and said:

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry."

"This is not the first time our President Pang's 'Clipper Series' rocket has been launched. There will be no problems."

"Don't be too nervous!"

Director Zhang was stunned for a moment. He was indeed worried about the satellite launch, but what he cared about was not the rocket.

What he cares about is the viewing satellite!

This observation satellite is equipped with a 7-nanometer aerospace-grade chip first developed by Phoenix Semiconductor. Although the ground test conditions are good, no one is 100% sure whether it can withstand the test of the real space environment...

Once the chip fails to work, the so-called "on-board AI intelligent processing platform" cannot be used, and the two satellites will be directly useless!

Seeing Mr. Li and another boss comforting him repeatedly, Director Zhang smiled slightly.

"I don't care about rocket launches. I have great confidence in our President Pang's rockets!"

"I'm a little worried about our 'observation satellite'."

As soon as these words came out, the two bosses were startled.

After a while, the two came to their senses, and Mr. Li said with a smile:

"Mr. Zhang, that's not the case."

"According to our experience, your company's "Guanjing No. 1" is running very well, and there will definitely be no major problems in the following No. 2 and No. 3."

As he spoke, Mr. Li specifically asked Mr. Gao next to him.

"Mr. Gao, this is what I'm talking about, right? In a series of satellites, as long as there are no problems with the first satellite, there will be no big problems with the subsequent ones produced according to the same pattern!"

"Yes, yes, so Mr. Zhang, don't be too nervous. You probably don't know much about our satellite industry, so don't worry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Zhang looked towards the large rocket outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

He waved his hands and sighed:

"Although our No. 2 and No. 3 satellites are both viewing series, the things inside are different."

What's inside is different?

The two bosses looked at each other in shock. Could it be that in just two or three months, Phoenix's "Viewing Series" satellites could have any major changes?

"To tell you the truth, this time our 'Observation Series' is equipped with our newly developed 7-nanometer aerospace-grade AI computing power chip and the latest 'on-board AI intelligent processing' system."

"Hey, so..."

"I am worried that our 'observation satellite' may have problems because it is too aggressive and too advanced."

???

As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them suddenly widened their eyes and looked out the window at the top fairing position of the rocket in disbelief.

That’s where the ‘Observation Series’ satellites are placed.

"7 nanometers?!"

"Aerospace grade!"

"AI intelligent processing on the star?!"

Damn it, what kind of satellite is this?

…

And the other side.

"5,4,3,2,1...ignite!"

As the launch window arrives, the ground center gives an order and the engine ignites!

Before Hu Lai could react, he heard a huge roar, and then the four thrust engines of the fully loaded "Clipper Series" rocket base ignited successfully instantly, spewing out four sets of light red tail flames.

People who have never personally experienced a rocket launch cannot imagine the shock when a rocket about 20 meters high and about 6 or 7 stories high rises slowly from the ground with a huge roar.

Roaring sounds, vibrations and even huge heat waves make people feel passionate and powerful. This is the power of technology!

Hu Lai observed closely and watched the rocket take off slowly. He was shocked beyond measure.

This kind of technology is completely different from the bicycles, electric motorcycles, computers, and chips he developed before. This kind of sensory stimulation is really too strong.

What man doesn’t like such a heavy-duty guy?!

…

Unlike Hu Lai, the huge dragon who had been staying at the center of the rocket launch ground finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the rocket take off until it disappeared from sight.

Although the "Clipper Series" technology is relatively mature and has many successful launch experiences, he still feels faintly worried every time it is launched.

You know, the biggest problem of commercial rocket companies is - launch failure!

Although commercial rockets will buy high-cost insurance before launching, even if they buy insurance, they will still face high compensation once the rocket fails and fails to launch.

The cost of the rocket itself, compensation for the value of the customer's satellite, and if the explosion causes casualties at the launch site, the loss will be even more severe.

and.

In addition to high financial compensation, the most important thing is that the credit will be greatly reduced. Once a launch failure occurs, the rocket company will be severely damaged. If there are several more launch failures, it will basically be declared bankrupt.

Why is SpaceX’s Falcon rocket so powerful?

Why can fairing recovery technology and rocket recovery technology be developed?

It is because they withstood repeated failures and finally successfully solved the technical problems after failure.

Therefore, if other commercial rocket companies want to catch up with SpaceX’s rocket technology, it is not just a matter of technological catching up, but that you must first be able to afford the loss!

"Lao Pang, the rocket has put the satellite into the predetermined orbit. The launch was successful."

While Pang Panglong was thinking, Zhang Xiaoou, who was standing by the side, looked at the information fed back on the console screen in front of him and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

One-shot multi-satellite technology generally has two methods. The first is to send several satellites into the same orbit at one time.

For example, this time the "Clipper Series" rocket carries four satellites with one arrow. Needless to say, "Kuanjing 2" and "Kuanjing 3" are almost in the same orbit. The satellites of the other two companies are also in the same orbit as "Kuanjing Satellite".

” is in a similar orbit at an altitude of 550 kilometers.

Therefore, the multi-satellite rocket used by the "Clippers" rocket this time is the first method.

The second technology is to use rockets to send satellites to different orbits in batches. This requires the rocket to push the satellites out at a certain angle within a short time interval and ensure that they do not collide with each other.

To put it simply, after entering the predetermined orbit, the rocket must automatically shut down or separate the thrusters.

Then after the satellite "gets off", the remaining rocket engines need to be re-ignited and then fly to the next orbit!

This places high requirements on rocket ignition timing control and distributor design.

certainly.

Panglong's "Zero Space" rocket company is not yet able to achieve such awesome functions.

After the rocket puts the satellite into orbit, the next thing has nothing to do with the rocket launch ground center.

After each commercial satellite enters the predetermined orbit, unfolds the solar panels to obtain energy, and realizes communication connection with the ground, it is the matter of the ground service center.

"Okay! Xiaoou, let's go to the lounge to tell Mr. Zhang the good news!"

…

Three hours.

It is different from the last time "Kuanjing-1" was successfully launched and "Happy Planet" officially announced the news of the successful launch on its official website.

This time.

After both "Guanjing No. 2" and "Guanjing No. 3" sent back the corresponding picture data, an announcement was made generously on the Phoenix official website.

"At 4:25 this afternoon, our company's satellite department successfully launched two satellites, namely the 'Guanjing-2' and 'Guanjing-3' remote sensing satellites."
To be continued...