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Chapter 159 The 100th satellite launch, the networking is complete!

A slender and tall rocket stands on the launch site.

This launch is very special, it is the first launch since the launch of the Wenchang launch site.

It is also the 100th launch of the low-orbit satellite communication system project.

After nearly three years of construction, the construction of the first launch site of the Wenchang Launch Center has been completed.

officially put into use.

This is the launch site closest to the sea.

Today, the hundredth launch mission of the low-orbit satellite communication system.

It will take place at this launch site.

The sea breeze is slightly cool, but the temperature in the South China Sea in February is very comfortable.

Especially when there are still gusts of cool wind blowing from the sea.

It makes people forget that if you go further north, it is still the season of ice and snow.

"How about launch mission preparations?"

Zhang Xingyang asked while throwing the down jacket he was holding onto the sofa in the office.

"It has been prepared for a long time, and now we are waiting for the launch time."

"For the past two days, there has been a strong wind at sea."

"Because of weather conditions, we consider postponing the launch until the day after tomorrow."

Geng Bo first answered Zhang Xingyang's question seriously, and then said with a smile:

"Brother Xingyang, it feels good to go to the north this time."

"Stop talking, I almost died of cold."

Zhang Xingyang rubbed his brows to soothe his tense nerves after working for a long time.

"It's not like you don't know the climate on the plateau."

"It's twenty or thirty degrees below zero, and there's a strong wind blowing."

"There is not even a house, everyone lives in tents."

Geng Bo said with disbelief: "Then you were smiling so happily just now?"

"Have it?"

Zhang Xingyang himself didn't know that when he just walked into the office, he had a very rare smile on his face.

"Maybe the climate in the South China Sea is more comfortable."

"By the way, I got a mission back this time."

"Shall I give it to you?"

Geng Bo quickly shook his head:

"Come on, I'm busy enough now."

He is also in charge of several different projects now, such as the subsequent boarding of Haihongqi missiles and the improvement of rocket launchers.

As well as the most important low-orbit satellite launch mission, in most cases now, Geng Bo is in charge of the launch work.

"Where is this going?"

"This task is not that complicated, you just take it as a relaxation."

Zhang Xingyang took himself a glass of water from the water dispenser, and said after gulping it down.

"Only you can say that you can treat tasks as relaxation."

Geng Bo complained feebly.

However, he also saw that the difficulty of this task should not be very great.

So I didn't really intend to refuse, I just had a little congratulations with Zhang Xingyang.

After all, they are the best brothers.

"All right."

"I have accepted the task."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Remember the spacesuits we developed specifically for manned spaceflight engineering?"

Geng Bo didn't even need to recall, the set of mechs that seemed to have nothing to do with traditional space suits appeared in his mind instantly.

"Remember, what's wrong?"

After recalling it for a while, Geng Bo asked with some incomprehension.

"The army values his battlefield capabilities so much, and wants to make a simplified version."

Zhang Xingyang sat beside Geng Bo, patted his thigh and said:

"Take your time and make a prototype."

"That thing is not cheap, even if it is a simplified version, it is estimated to cost several million!"

Geng Bo was a little surprised when he heard this, although he didn't have a high sense of presence in that project.

But there are not many things to know, especially his cost that is almost higher than the sky.

"They now want to make a set to test the waters according to the budget of 3.5 million."

"I figured it out. In fact, according to the Army's requirements, only the exoskeleton system that provides strength and power, and the weapon system that provides firepower need to be retained."

"In this case, more than three million yuan should be enough."

"How about it, are you interested?"

It is impossible to say that Geng Bo has no interest at all.

Which boy has never thought of making a mecha by himself?

It's just that other people don't have the technology and funds, and now these two things are almost within easy reach for him.

If Zhang Xingyang didn't have so much time to do this, it probably wouldn't have fallen into his hands.

"Of course I'm interested."

"Did they make any specific demands?"

The military's power requirements and firepower requirements may be somewhat different from those they have made before.

This is why Geng Bo asked this question.

They may not pursue such a long battery life, but instead require the power of the exoskeleton to be explosive in a short period of time.

This is also to be able to explode at a critical time and give the enemy a fatal blow.

Especially in terms of firepower, the weapons they use are not very compatible with the military's weapon systems.

"They don't have any requirements, but I think of a few requirements."

Although Zhang Xingyang's words were a bit surprising, Geng Bo had already gotten used to him.

"any request."

"First of all, in terms of power, it is best to have two different modes, long-durability mode and high-explosive mode."

"Secondly, because they may need to face the enemy's muzzle directly, they need full-body protection, and the bulletproof performance needs to be able to withstand 7.62mm rifle bullets at close range."

"Finally, the weapon system needs to be able to be modularly replaced."

"any questions?"

Geng Bo thought about it for a while. The change of power mode can be realized by changing the output. The bulletproof performance is also simple. Just add bulletproof plates. The load of the exoskeleton is strong enough, and two bulletproof plates can be added to each place.

Only the modular weapon system is slightly more difficult, after all, this field has not been touched.

"It will take a little while."

"But it's not very difficult."

"That's fine, then I will leave this matter to you."

After Zhang Xingyang finished speaking, he yawned.

"When will the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new launch site begin?"

This time, after all, the first launch site of the Wenchang launch base was officially put into use, so a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the first use of the launch site.

Geng Bo glanced at the watch on his wrist:

"The ribbon-cutting time is at ten o'clock, and there is an hour and a half left."

"Then I will rest for an hour, and you will call me later."

Zhang Xingyang said while lying down on the sofa.

In the past few days, I basically didn't have a good rest.

And it was almost the earliest flight this morning, flying from the north to the south.

On the plane, I didn't rest much.

At this moment, I really can't stand it anymore.

Just as Zhang Xingyang lay down, Geng Bo heard a slight snore.

When he was in college, he and Zhang Xingyang were roommates, and he knew his sleeping habits quite well.

If he wasn't really tired to a certain extent, he didn't make any sound when he slept.

Geng Bo shook his head, walked out of the office gently, and closed the door for him.

There are still a lot of things to do in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new base, so he needs to check it out.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began.

The biggest leader present was Zhang Xingyang.

So he didn't say anything long, after briefly talking about the future goals of the Wenchang launch base.

That's the end of this speech.

The news reporters who came to the scene felt a little uncomfortable.

Groups of colorful fireworks exploded in front of the central control building of the launch base.

Celebrating the completion of the first ultra-low latitude seaside launch site.

Although it was just a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony this time, the reporters present still had a lot of questions and wanted to ask them.

"Hi, Mr. Zhang, I'm a reporter from Southern City."

"I heard that at the Wenchang launch base, you can watch the rocket launch process. Is it true?"

A male reporter with his hair combed back was the first to ask a question that everyone was more concerned about.

After all, many of the media present were small and medium-sized media, and they were not qualified to directly report on rocket launches before.

Basically, you can only cut out a part of the picture after Yangma finishes broadcasting it, and use it as your own news source.

"Yes, you can watch the rocket launch at the Wenchang launch base."

"However, it can only be viewed at designated locations."

"It's also for everyone's safety."

After Zhang Xingyang answered the other party's question, he added a sentence by the way.

This is also to prevent fanatics from sneaking near the launch site.

This could cause personal injury to them and seriously interfere with rocket launches.

Next, Zhang Xingyang answered a few more ideas, such as the idea of the 100th earth orbit satellite launch mission. How did you feel at the Wenchang launch base for the first time, and so on.

This time the ribbon-cutting ceremony is basically over.

However, although the ribbon-cutting ceremony was over, most of the reporters did not leave.

They also have another task, which is to broadcast live the first launch mission of the Wenchang launch base.

Two days later, the weather was clear and there were almost no white clouds in the sky, which was a good weather for launching a satellite.

The 70-meter-high Hongyan rocket was transported from the sea early on and was ready for launch on the launch pad.

This time it is a four-handed rocket that has already performed three missions.

The current rocket recovery technology of the Rocket Research Institute has basically matured, and the success rate of recovery has remained above 90%.

So many launch missions, a total of only one failure.

"Viewers in front of the TV, we can see behind us the Hongyan rocket that is about to launch the 100th low-orbit communication satellite mission!"

On the beach a few kilometers away from the launch site, a large group of reporters and photographers are broadcasting the Hongyan rocket that is about to take off.

"It is reported that this is the fourth launch mission of this rocket."

"Currently, the land recovery scheme adopted by the Hongyan rocket is at the first level in the world."

"However, four uses are not the limit of use for this type of rocket."

"Among the previous launch missions, there was a Hongyan rocket that created a miracle of nine times of reuse!"

The hostess, with her fluffy hair permed, talked eloquently in front of the camera, introducing the excellence of Hongyan Rocket to everyone.

"It is reported that the recovery scheme adopted by the Hongyan rocket has no other successful cases in the world."

"This technology is currently only successfully applied in my country."

Accompanied by the live broadcast of rocket launches by various TV stations on the beach, the time passed by every minute and every second.

Soon it was time for the rocket launch.

All I saw was blue flames ejected from the bottom of the rocket, slowly pushing the heavy rocket into the sky.

"Friends in the audience, we can see that the rocket has now started to launch."

"The thrust system used by the Hongyan rocket is a relatively rare multi-engine parallel system in the world."

"It can provide more than a thousand tons of thrust for the rocket, and push the rocket weighing hundreds of tons into space with ease!"

The host on the beach faithfully introduced the situation of the Hongyan rocket against the constant roar of the rocket engine coming from a distance.

The rocket quickly turned into a shooting star in the sky, and only a small dot could be seen flying in the sky.

Then a small dot, which soon splits into two.

One of them flew in the opposite direction.

Such a strange phenomenon instantly aroused the attention of the audience in front of the TV.

At this time, the photographer also shifted the lens to the small point flying in the opposite direction in time.

"You may not be aware that this is our country's unique first-stage rocket recovery technology."

"After the first stage rockets have separated, they will start their engines again and return to the recovery site on their own."

"At present, this technology is still the first in the world."

"And ultimately, this move will cut the cost of rocket launches in half!"

"It is also because of such technology that our low-orbit satellite communication project can proceed smoothly."

In the flight control center, everyone was very calm.

After all, such launch missions have been carried out hundreds of times, and it is difficult to have any enthusiasm.

"The satellite has successfully entered orbit!"

"Connecting to the satellite communication network."

The orbiting work of the satellite went very smoothly, and there were no unexpected situations.

"After this launch, we have almost 3,500 communication satellites in space."

Geng Bo said to Zhang Xingyang who was still looking at the satellite situation displayed on the big screen in front of him.

"The second phase of the low-orbit satellite communication system is about to complete the networking?"

"The last 500 are still short, and it is estimated that the construction of the second phase of the project will be completed after 14 launch missions."

Zhang Xingyang took Geng Bo's words and said what he didn't say.

"Brother Xingyang, I wonder if you've heard of it?" Geng Bo asked with a twist.

"Have you heard anything?"

Zhang Xingyang didn't know what Geng Bo wanted to say.

"Internationally, there is now a lot of opinion on our satellite communication system!"

Zhang Xingyang had already anticipated this matter before the project started.

After all, such a situation has never happened in later generations.

So he doesn't really care.

Just asked calmly:

"What did they say?"

"They said that we have seriously occupied space orbital resources, which has greatly hindered other countries' use of space."

Geng Bo frowned, and said a little angrily.