Lu Zixin nodded and said, "We will send you the test satellite's orbit data later. I hope we can work well together."
"Don't worry, rocket launch is different from other industries. We can't afford to make any mistakes. Besides, this is the first time our company has received such a large order. We will do our best to complete the launch target! "Zeng Rui promised.
Hongxin's launch order could be said to be the rarest in the world. The cost of a rocket launch was hundreds of millions of Chinese dollars. Because their recoverable rocket technology was not mature yet, the cost of each launch was directly accumulated.
Even the most basic 48 small satellites cost close to 5 billion, and this was under the condition that no problems occurred. If the number of satellites continued to increase, the cost and number of rockets would continue to rise.
In fact, Lu Zixin really wanted Hongxin to research rocket technology. It would be great if they could create an aerospaceplane that could carry out space transportation repeatedly. Unfortunately, he did not have the energy to do so now.
Hongxin's mechanical industry had just started to research electric vehicles. Their aerospace technology was still far away. As for the small satellite technology, it was mainly mobile communication technology and not mainstream aerospace technology.
The development of Firmament Star to launch was not something that could be completed in a few days. During this time, Hongxin made some simple market adjustments.
They put aside their original plan to enter the American market and did not look for third-party sales platforms in the United States for the time being. At the same time, they did not enter the European market. Instead, they consolidated the domestic market and the Japanese market, and developed the East Asian market.
Apart from that, Hongxin Electronics's main research direction also turned to hardware upgrades.
If the 6G communication network was successfully set up, some of the existing hardware and network facilities would need to be upgraded to adapt to the 6G communication network.
Among them, the smart chip was the key!
Hongxin Company used the Red Core chips previously. Only Da Mi Company paid a certain patent fee and bought the Red Core first-generation chips from Hongxin.
As for other mobile phone or smart product manufacturers, they basically used chips from foreign manufacturers. For example, Qualcomm had mastered the core technology of the 4G network, so many domestic mobile phone manufacturers had to buy Qualcomm's chips.
To use Qualcomm's chips, one had to pay a high patent licensing fee. This fee had once reached 5% of the product's selling price. In addition to the hardware fee, the adapter fee, and so on, nearly 20% of a mobile phone's selling price was taken by Qualcomm. This ratio was even higher than the manufacturer's profit from the product itself!
This is using technology to make the Chinese manufacturers become their "workers" and help them make money.
Qualcomm's annual revenue in the Chinese market was more than 10 billion USD. Therefore, the Chinese government had conducted anti-trust investigations on it, but the results were not good.
In addition to Qualcomm, there were also giants such as Apple and Samsung charging high patent fees through similar technology monopolies. All the manufacturers in the world could only bear with it silently. But if Hongxin launched its 6G network and 6G chip, everything would change!
At that time, not only would the telecommunications industry change, but other mobile phone brands would not be able to adapt to Hongxin's 6G chip technology and 6G network. Therefore, whether it was Qualcomm, Broadcom, Samsung, or Apple, they would have to pay Hongxin a high patent fee to use the Red Core 6G chip.
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A month later, in the Micro Satellite Engineering Laboratory, the first Firmament Star small satellite was manufactured!
Everything was difficult at the beginning, and manufacturing the first satellite was the most difficult. As long as the first satellite was completely successful, the following satellites could be replicated and manufactured.
"This is the Firmament 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 a 6G mobile communication network device and a high-frequency signal transmitter and receiver.
On both sides of the small satellite were solar panels designed by Kun Peng Battery Factory, which were connected to high-energy density lithium-air batteries specially designed for satellites. They could also be charged with solar energy, and the battery was designed to last longer than the satellite.
The estimated lifespan of the Firmament Star was 15 years, which was considered to be very long lived among the small satellites!
"How are the test results?" Lu Zixin asked.
The researcher replied, "The ground test is normal, but the space test has not started yet."
Zhang Qiang replied, "There are no problems with the simulation. We are now building the ground base station and manufacturing the second Firmament Star. We expect to complete a total of three Firmament Star test satellites and the main ground signal receiving base stations from Beijing to Shanghai in half a month."
Lu Zixin was relieved to hear RI-8901's answer, because it was an industrial robot that had received Skynet data, so the error would be minimized.
The satellite manufacturing plan and the launch plan were carried out at the same time. Aerospace Technology Corporation, based on the orbit and satellite related data provided by Hongxin, formulated the latest launch plan.
Twenty-five days later, Huaxia Aerospace Engineering Co., Ltd. would use the latest commercially developed launch vehicle to send three test satellites of the Firmament Star to low-Earth orbit, initiating the first satellite-ground envelopment sixth-generation mobile communication technology test!
When this news was released, the world's communication industry was shocked! No one would have thought that the Firmament Star test would start in just two short months after the Huaxia Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved the Firmament Net project!
This research and development efficiency made people feel that they were not making satellites, but handicrafts!
Hongxin's explanation was that the technology had already been perfected, and they were only carrying out experiments.
In any case, the world's attention was on the three Firmament Star test satellites. Once these three satellites were successfully operated, the world's communication industry would change!
"Crazy! Are they crazy to test it so soon? " Texas, United States, United States, AT&T Corporation, Gru saw the news and stood up immediately.
If the sixth generation of mobile communication technology was really developed, the first to be affected would be the telecom operators, especially AT&T, which was one of the top three telecom operators in the world!
"When we were talking about cooperation with Hongxin, they never mentioned this!" Gru said, "This must be a trick to fool us!"
In front of him was Tyler Walker, who was communicating with him in real time. He said, "Dear Gru, don't panic. I think this news is just a feint used by Huaxia to protest. Not long ago, Mr. President just signed a document to increase tariffs on Huaxia's consumer electronics. They are very dissatisfied with this, so they want to make a scene. Let's just watch. "
"I just promised the chairman that if Hongxin could develop the sixth generation of communication technology in such a short time, I would rather become a woman! Hahaha, that's impossible! "
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