Chapter 271 The prelude to the 6G era
Lu Zixin nodded and said, "We will send the orbit data of the test satellite in the future, hoping that both of us can cooperate happily."
"Don't worry, rocket launching is no better than other industries, and there is no way tolerate any mistakes. What's more, our company has received such a large number of orders for the first time, and will definitely do its best to complete the launch target!" Zeng Rui promised.
Hongxin’s launch orders 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 the most basic 48 small satellites have a launch cost of nearly 5 billion, which is still without any problem. If the number of satellites continues to increase, the cost and number of rockets will continue to rise.
In fact, Lu Zixin really wants Hongxin to study rocket technology. It would be great if he could create a space plane that can be repeatedly used for space transportation. Unfortunately, he does not have the energy at all now.
Hongxin's machinery industry has just reached the stage of researching electric vehicles, and aerospace technology is still far behind. As for the technology of small satellites, it is actually mainly mobile communication technology, not mainstream aerospace technology technology.
The research and development and launch of the 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 is shelved, and the US third-party sales platform cooperation is not sought. At the same time, it has not entered the European market, but is consolidating the domestic market and island markets and developing the market in East Asia.
In addition, Hongxin Electronic Technology's main research direction has also shifted to hardware upgrades.
If the 6g communication network is successfully arranged, some existing hardware and network facilities must be upgraded to adapt to the 6g communication network.
Among them, smart chips are a key!
Hongxin Company used the previous Hongxin chips themselves, and only Dami Company paid a certain patent fee and purchased Hongxin's first-generation chips from Hongxin.
Other mobile phone products or smart product manufacturers basically use chips from foreign manufacturers. For example, Qualcomm, the United States, has mastered the core technology of 4G network, so many domestic mobile phone manufacturers must purchase Qualcomm's mobile phone chips.
When using Qualcomm's chips, you have to pay a high patent licensing fee. This fee once reached 5% of the product price. With hardware costs, adaptation fees, etc., nearly 20% of the price of a mobile phone was taken away by Qualcomm, which 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, the American company, earns more than 10 billion US dollars in the Chinese market every year, so China has also conducted antitrust investigations on it, but the results are not very effective.
In addition to Qualcomm, there are also giants such as Apple and Samsung that charge high patent fees through similar technologies. Manufacturers around the world can only endure it silently, but if Hongxin launches 6g networks and 6g chips, everything will change!
At that time, not only the telecommunications industry would change, but other mobile phone brands would not be able to apply to Hongxin's 6g chip technology, nor could they apply to the 6g network. So whether it is Qualcomm, Broadcom, or Samsung or Apple, they would have to pay Hongxin a high patent fee to use Hongxin to use Hongxin 6g chips.
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A month later, the first Sky Star small satellite was built in the Microsatellite Engineering Laboratory!
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the first one is the most difficult to manufacture. As long as one is completely successful, the satellite behind can be replicated and manufactured.
"This is the Star of the Sky!" 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 carries 6g mobile communication network devices and high-frequency signal transmitters and receivers.
On both sides of the small satellite are solar panels designed by Kunpeng Battery Factory, which connect to high-energy density lithium-air batteries specially designed for satellites and can also charge solar energy. The battery design life is higher than that of the satellite.
The estimated service life of this Sky Star reaches 15 years, which is already considered particularly long in small satellites!
"How is the test result?" Lu Zixin asked.
The R&D responded: "Everything is normal on the ground, and the space operation test has not started yet."
Zhang Qiang replied: "There is no problem with the simulation operation. We are now carrying out the construction of the ground base station and the manufacturing of the second Sky Star. It is expected that in half a month, the total number of three Sky Star test satellites and the main ground signal receiving base stations from the capital to the Magic City."
Lu Zixin was quite relieved to answer ri-8901 because it was an industrial robot that received Skynet data, and the error would be minimized.
The satellite manufacturing plan and the launch plan were carried out simultaneously. Aerospace Engineering Co., Ltd. has formulated a recent launch plan based on the orbit and satellite-related data provided by Hongxin.
Twenty-five days later, Huaxia Aerospace Engineering Co., Ltd. will use the latest independently developed commercial launch vehicle to send three Sky Star test satellites to low-Earth orbit, and start the first satellite-ground-covered sixth-generation mobile communication technology test!
As soon as this news came out, the world's communications industry was attracted by it! No one expected that the Sky Star satellite will start testing in just two months after the China Industry and Information Technology Department approved the Sky Star plan!
This research and development efficiency makes people feel that they are not making satellites, but making handicrafts!
The explanation given by Hongxin Group is that the relevant technology has been improved long ago, but it is only conducting improvement and experiments.
In any case, the whole world is focused on the three Sky Star test satellites. Once these three satellites operate successfully, the pattern of the world's communications industry will change for this!
"Crazy! Are they crazy when they try so quickly?" Gru, Texas, USA, stood up and shouted.
If the sixth generation of mobile communication technology is really developed, the first thing that will be impacted will be the first of all, such telecom operators, especially Att, which are still the top three telecom operators in the world!
"When we talked about cooperation with Hongxin, they never said this!" Gru said, "This must be a trick to fool people!"
In front of him was Taylor Walker, who was conducting real-time online communication. 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, the President just signed a document to increase tariffs on China's electronic consumer goods. They were very dissatisfied with this, so if you want to make a fuss, let's just watch it."
"Just just now, I promised the chairman of the committee that if Hongxin can complete the sixth generation of communication technology in such a short time, I would rather become a woman! Hahaha, that would be impossible!"
Chapter completed!