If these orders were given to any other commercial aerospace company, they would be both excited and frustrated at the same time.
Because for them, every launch of a rocket required a long period of preparation. From manufacturing, debugging, to the final launch, it was a long process.
With so many orders in their hands, they simply couldn't complete them all in a short period of time. In fact, under normal circumstances, commercial aerospace companies would receive orders on a yearly basis. Often, orders received at the beginning of the year would only be launched at the end of the year or even the second year.
But for Divine Shield Aerospace, the situation was completely different.
After the spaceship was completed, it could be put into regular use after this test flight.
And this spaceship was built with advanced aerospace technology. Carrying out a launch mission in Earth's orbit was no different from carrying out a normal flight on a normal plane.
If there was enough time, it could carry out a flight mission every day!
Of course, considering the actual situation, the time spent on each mission, as well as the preparation and maintenance work after the launch, it wasn't realistic to carry out a flight mission every day.
But after integrating the existing orders, Divine Shield Aerospace still carried out multiple satellite launches and space station transportation missions at a frequency of once a week. All of them were completed perfectly without any accidents.
And with each successful launch mission, people who were originally worried that Shendun's spaceship would have safety hazards like the space shuttle were relieved. Shendun's launch orders continued to increase.
If it wasn't for the fact that Divine Shield Spaceship's carrying capacity far exceeded that of normal launch vehicles and space shuttles, and that many launch missions could be completed at the same time, they would have to consider building another spaceship to meet the rapidly increasing orders.
And this was just the beginning. Divine Shield Spaceship's functions were far more than just launching satellites and transporting supplies.
A spaceship that could fly directly into outer space with its huge size not only had a strong carrying capacity, but it could also carry out missions that many rocket platforms couldn't.
Divine Shield Spaceship was well-equipped. In addition to the huge cargo hold, spacious cockpit, and passenger cabin, it was also equipped with multi-functional robotic arms and various detection devices.
In addition to satellite deployment, space transportation, and space detection, it could also carry out missions such as satellite repair, satellite recovery, space rescue, space experiment and production, space travel, and so on.
A small spaceship, or to be precise, a space capsule, launched by an ordinary carrier rocket had to be precisely calculated due to the limited fuel and materials carried. Any mistakes or omissions could lead to the failure of the mission.
On the other hand, the Aegis spacecraft, which used a new type of propulsion fuel, had enough power to maneuver around the Earth's orbit and carry out various complex missions. It could also be used as a space station in space. The various materials carried by the spacecraft were enough to support their long-term stay in space.
Missions that were difficult and complicated for national space agencies and commercial space companies were very simple for the SHIELD spacecraft.
Some countries, companies, and laboratories that needed space experiments but did not have space stations also issued orders for space experiments after confirming the safety of spaceships.
Since space experiments usually took a long time, at least a few days, the SHIELD spaceship's schedule was even more packed.
At the same time, there were also many satellite maintenance missions that came to him.
Satellites operated and worked in the harsh space orbit, enduring huge temperature differences and intense space radiation. It was easy for the various sophisticated equipment on WeChat to malfunction.
If it was only a system problem, they could do long-distance maintenance on the ground and troubleshoot the faults.
But if it was a hardware problem, then they only had two choices. One was to watch the satellite gradually descend and eventually fall into the dense Earth's atmosphere and burn.
Or if the satellite was still in a controlled state and there was still fuel left, they could raise it to the so-called "graveyard orbit" 38,000 kilometers above the ground. At this altitude, these abandoned satellites would not pose a threat to normal satellites.
But the countries and companies that owned the satellites would not be willing to throw away these things that cost hundreds of millions.
Most of these satellites were usually in good condition. The only thing that was broken was one of the devices or the fuel used to maintain the orbit altitude. It would be a pity to just give up.
But because there was no way to repair the satellites or refuel them in space, they could only choose to give up on the satellites.
It was not until the United States developed the space shuttle that humans had the ability to repair satellites. Several satellites were repaired by the space shuttle.
But since the United States retired all the space shuttles a few years ago, in theory, humans had lost the ability to repair malfunctioning satellites in orbit.
The appearance of the Divine Shield Aerospace Company's spaceship undoubtedly gave them hope once again.
Even if the repair cost was high, it was much cheaper than building and launching a new satellite. Not to mention the time it would take to launch a new satellite.
In addition to these various space missions, the spaceship attracted the most attention because of its space travel plan!
That's right, after several manned missions and confirming the safety of the spacecraft, Shield Aerospace officially launched a space travel plan.
Currently, they only launched the Earth orbit tourism program. The ticket price for the spacecraft was 10 million USD per person. In the future, they would launch a never-before-seen trip to the Moon and Mars.
Due to the huge technological advantage of the Shield spacecraft and the different launch and return method from the launch vehicle, the overload during the entire flight process, especially during launch and landing, was much smaller than that of the launch vehicle. Ordinary people without strict space flight training could also withstand it. This also allowed many space travel enthusiasts who were not physically fit to withstand the overload during launch to have the opportunity to realize their dream of space travel.
Also, the passenger cabin of the Shield spacecraft was far more spacious than the rocket spacecraft and the United States' space shuttle. The flight experience was not comparable to the previous experience of being shrunk in a metal can and being launched into space by a rocket.
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