Originally, for safety reasons, Mr. Han was going to Europe to buy satellites. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But later it was found that their technical level could not meet their own requirements, and the service life of the satellite was only four years.

Last year, the United States announced that it would provide GPS access to the world free of charge within 10 years, but the United States only provided low-precision satellite signals to foreign countries.

And it is believed that the system has a "backdoor" set up by the United States, which can turn off information services to a certain region in the event of a war.

At present, when other countries manufacture satellites, some of the technology and equipment used are also obtained from the United States, and the safety is still poor.

So I had no choice but to return to China and chose Hughes Aerospace and Communications, the most cost-effective.

The founder of this company is named Howard Hughes.

In the United States a few decades ago, almost no one knew about him, and it is the same now.

If the person who is most like Iron Man in modern times is Elon Musk, who has been busy working for Han Xuan recently, then Howard Hughes is the previous generation of "Iron Man".

In the United States, his name is as recognizable as Washington and Lincoln.

This is not only because he is one of the few wealthy people in the United States who enjoys world prestige, but also because people regard him as a hero.

Men consider him their idol, while women see him as the perfect lover of their dreams.

Leonardo DiCaprio will win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the future for "The Aviator", and the prototype character of that movie is Howard Hughes.

In June 1966, the first American unmanned spacecraft landed on the moon, and that spacecraft was built by Hughes and the first satellite launched by Wal-Mart in the 80s.

This time, the old man bought three satellites of the same type at one time, which can achieve global coverage of three-dimensional spatial positioning.

Each satellite costs $39 million, and it will cost almost $85 million to launch them into space.

There is a huge difference in the launch cost of high-orbit and low-orbit satellites, and those three are all high-orbit satellites, which is actually quite cheap.

The sea shooting company jointly established by the United States, Ukraine, and Norway received orders for the first time and gave Mr. Han a discount.

And promised to bear all the risks of launch failure as long as $60 million in insurance money, which successfully attracted him.

In the early nineties, the Fregate upper stage (the part of the multi-stage rocket above the first stage) used for the Soyuz was also used on the Zenith-2 rocket of the former Soviet Union.

In this way, a three-stage Zenith 2 was formed, called Zenith 2 Fregate-SB, and after the addition of an upper stage, the rocket has the ability to send satellites into higher orbits.

It is a two-stage structure of the launch vehicle, with a total length of 57 meters, a maximum diameter of 3.9 meters in the core stage, a take-off mass of 44.9 tons, and a carrying capacity of 13.74 tons in low-earth orbit and 11.38 tons in sun-synchronous orbit.

It is worth mentioning that for the first time, this rocket, although powerful, has only carried out simulated experiments and has not yet really sent satellites into space.

The old man weighed the pros and cons for a long time before agreeing.

There is no way, if other companies fail to launch, the losses will all be borne by themselves, nearly 200 million, and now only 60 million US dollars are needed.

No other insurance company is willing to take on such a large and high-risk policy, not even Warren Buffett's.

The sea launch company bets on its own success, and once it is successfully launched, it will earn nearly 100 million US dollars and countless reputations.

If it fails, it will also lose more than 100 million, this rocket has a perfect design concept in the former Soviet Union, and the sea launch company believes in its own technology.

The old man is also betting that it will succeed, and would rather give 60 million dollars for nothing than do it again......

At this moment.

The Gulfstream plane had landed, and Grandpa Han Xuan was a little surprised when he saw Air Force One parked in the open space of the airport.

Because the president's plane is generally parked at Andrews Air Force Base, Air Force One and Air Force Two where the President of the United States travels are parked.

Foreign heads of state visiting the United States, if they are officially visiting the capital, Washington, D.C., usually also land at Andrews Air Force Base.

Reminiscent of the last time Boeing's product manager came to sell cargo planes for the second time, he said that the White House was also in contact with Boeing and was preparing to buy two 747 aircraft, and it seemed that President Clinton wanted to change planes.

I guess it may have something to do with my grandson, the former president's Air Force One is quite famous, and since Han Xuan bought the Boeing 777, almost no one has mentioned it recently.

President Clinton is very face-saving, so it is not surprising that he would do such a thing......

The Gulfstream business jet taxied to the vicinity of the terminal, and the old man had already seen Han Xuan.

He didn't have to come to Washington, D.C. this time, the people under his command could help with those trivial things, and the reason why he came here was to give his grandson a big gift.

He asked the assistant Jayton next to him and said, "Is NASA ready over there, and how much will it cost?"

"It's ready, just waiting for you to pass.

A total of three million dollars were spent, and Mr. Carmen, the director of NASA, said that this is already the cost price, and others are generally not allowed to use them, and he has to take a lot of risks. ”

"Money doesn't matter, you call him now and ask Carmen to send someone to check if there are any safety hazards.

I told him that my grandson had recently started a space exploration company, and that when he was done, he could work at SpaceX with a salary of at least $1,000,000 a year, which was my thanks. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Old John's son, Little John, and said, "What about the box I carried when I got on the plane, bring it to me." ”

"Okay, boss......"

I'm tired today and don't want to keep running around.

Han Xuan called the Hilton Hotel in the city, booked a presidential suite, and asked the airport staff to use a truck to send the animals over first.

Only Fat Ding and Pooh refused to leave, they were smarter than the other animals, and knew that their owners must want to leave themselves behind and play alone.

There is no choice but to let them follow them.

I have a headache about how to take Pooh away, and its current size can't even fit in the back compartment of a Humvee.

When he saw his grandfather, Han Xuan walked towards him with a smile on his face, and said, "I knew you were so late, so I would have gone directly to Los Angeles to pick you up."

Congratulations, old man, SOS Group does not have a satellite communication system, and its turnover in the first three quarters of this year is already higher than that of Wal-Mart.

When your satellite communications system is ready to use, isn't that going to dominate the planet?"

(To be continued.) )