Once all 36 communication satellites of Xingchen Group are launched into space and the global networking is completed, a huge communication network covering any corner of the world will be formed without dead ends, providing various additional services such as communication, positioning, navigation and Internet access for users of Xingchen products.

After Jiao Bai obtained these 36 neutrino communication satellites, he was always thinking about how to send them into space. It's just that it's not easy to explain the origin of communication satellites to the outside world, so I haven't asked the space company to launch them. Until this time, Xingchen Group had its own space base and its own aerospace aircraft, and Jiao Bai immediately thought of these neutrino communication satellites stored in the depths of his space.

Moreover, when these satellites are launched at this time, there is no longer a leakage problem, and the origin of the satellites can be completely pushed to the Star Research Institute and the Sahara Space Base to be built.

After the release of Tianyan-1, the main plasma engine was turned on for another five minutes, bringing the Qiming aerospace aircraft to a medium-high orbit above 36,000 kilometers above the earth's surface. After the engine stopped, the aerospace aircraft was allowed to taxi for a period of time, and after the speed and course were basically stable, the auxiliary engine was started to make some attitude adjustments and accurately enter the orbit.

After the attitude of the aerospace aircraft met the requirements for flying satellites, Cheng Ziming once again reported to the ground flight control center:

"Report to the ground flight control center that the Qihang has reached a 36,000-kilometer medium and high orbit, and request the release of the No. 1 communication and navigation satellite."

"After monitoring by the ground tracking and control station, the position, orbit, and speed of the departure signal are correct, and the release of the satellite is permitted."

It was another operation similar to that of the Tianyan-1 just released, this time without the process of balancing the air pressure, the speed was faster, and only five minutes later, the No. 1 communication satellite was "thrown" into space by the robotic arm. After the neutrino communication satellite No. 1 was released, it did not deploy the solar panels, but directly adjusted its attitude into orbit. One step was omitted because the 36 neutrino communications satellites were powered by fusion batteries and were not equipped with solar power at all.

Within an hour, Qiming made four more orbit maneuvers and released four other communications satellites. At this point, the first flight mission of the Qiming aerospace aircraft has been completed, and all that remains is to return home, re-enter the atmosphere, and land. Spaceplanes are much friendlier than spaceships in terms of landing, and their descent curve is very smooth, and there are no thermal barriers or the like.

In terms of speed control, the aerospace aircraft has its own advantages, when the air at high altitude is thin, the auxiliary engine is used to actively decelerate, and after entering the middle and low altitude, the air density is greatly improved, and it relies on the aerodynamic shape of the body itself to glide and decelerate. When approaching the ground, the main plasma engine will be turned on for a powered landing, which greatly increases the safety of the aerospace aircraft when landing.

On the way back of the Qiming aerospace plane, there was also a small episode. As they passed through low-Earth orbit about 400 kilometers above the ground, Qiming just passed by the International Space Station. On a whim, Jiao Bai ordered Cheng Ziming to turn on the auxiliary engine and pushed the Qiming to a position less than five kilometers away from the International Space Station. This distance is already a very dangerous distance in the vast space, and if one is not done well, two spacecraft will collide together.

The astronauts on duty on the International Space Station soon discovered the existence of Qiming, and saw the shape and volume of Qiming from a distance, almost visiting Earth as an alien spacecraft. Fortunately, their space station is equipped with very advanced telescopes and photoelectric radars, and the images of Qiming are fed back to the computer screen for the first time.

"Peter, look, this is most likely a spacecraft from Huaxia, with three square words written on it. Peter: I remember that you studied Chinese, but you don't recognize these three words. ”

"Oh, let me see, these three words are 'Qiming', as far as I know, in ancient China, Qixing was the name for Venus. I don't know what special intentions these Chinese people have for using the name of Venus on spacecraft, their ideas are always different from ours. ”

"I'm more interested in, what is this spacecraft in the shape of an airplane, a space shuttle, an aerospace plane, or something else?"

"Oh, the optoelectronic radar has calculated the data of this aircraft, let me see. Hey, this aircraft is so big, with a length of more than 40 meters, a wingspan of more than 25 meters, a height of 12 meters, and an estimated weight of more than 100 tons. My God, when did Huaxia have such a terrifying aircraft, isn't the low-earth orbit delivery capacity of their Long March 5 rocket only 25 tons, how did this big guy fly into space. ”

"Maybe this guy flew into space on his own, like a fighter jet, taking off autonomously, taxiing and landing."

"Man, you're really kidding, if you can really do this, it's a real aerospace aircraft, it needs a powerful engine that provides at least 80 tons of thrust, and it must be low-altitude, high-altitude, space, the thrust in the three environments doesn't change much, do you think there are countries on the earth that can do it?"

"I don't know if there is any country that can do it, but it's a fact that this plane appeared in space, should we report this to the ground?"

"Of course, with such exciting news, I think the old guys on the ground will also be very interested, let me take a picture and send it back to the ground together."

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At this time, on the Qiming space, Jiao Bai and Zhihe were also discussing the International Space Station.

Zhihe looked at the huge International Space Station outside the porthole with some curiosity, and said: "Is this the International Space Station, the volume is indeed not small, but it looks a little old, the solar panels are a little discolored, and many cabins also have traces of corrosion." ”

Jiao Bai shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course it's old, these are all old guys who have been in service for more than twenty years, if it hadn't been spent a lot of money on maintenance and repair, I'm afraid it would have been scrapped a long time ago." ”

At this time, the co-pilot Duan Junfeng interjected and asked, "Sir, the International Space Station has sent a communication request on the public channel, do you want to accept it?" ”

Jiao Bai thought about it, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, there's nothing to communicate with them." These Western countries are not even allowed to join Huaxia, one of the five permanent members, and they are even more disdainful of our private company Xingchen International. When our own space station is built, the ISS will be just a small toy. Let's go, take to the skies for a few hours, and it's time for us to sail back. ”：，，，