Chen Weidong and the others left the factory and went to a large conference room next door to have a conversation and answer some questions raised by reporters and media by the way.

In this interval, the staff of Infinity Company also brought a stack of pamphlets to everyone.

The main thing is to give some laymen who are present and do not know much about rockets and satellites to carry out simple literacy eradication, so as not to make jokes.

Over the years, although Chen Jie has often used his spare time to learn various industry knowledge on the Internet, he still smears high-tech products such as satellite rockets.

He leaned back in his chair, picked up the pamphlet and placed it in front of him, and looked at it with relish.

Once the rocket is launched, the satellite reaches the established orbit, and the position of work, the closest point is hundreds of kilometers away from the blue star, and the distance can reach 36,000 kilometers!

In the vast universe, there are too many factors that can cause damage to satellites.

Ultraviolet rays, solar rays, cosmic particles, space floats, kinetic energy exhaustion, and other factors will affect the service life of satellites.

The inside of the satellite is full of precision electronic components, and when they are exposed to various cosmic rays, they will inevitably accelerate the aging of the components and cause them to fail.

Therefore, the inside of the satellite, every component, is specially manufactured, and many protective measures are added to the outer layer to ensure that it can work normally in the harsh space environment.

However, this is only some of these non-human factors.

Satellites usually only have a lifespan of about 10 years, and if you want to extend this timeframe, the cost will increase exponentially.

Making satellites and launching satellites is a costly scientific research project.

Therefore, every time it is launched, its effectiveness will be maximized.

However, in recent years, the development speed of semiconductors and electronics industries has been too fast.

Satellites that were very advanced a few years ago may have become outdated in the past two or three years, and they need to be eliminated and replaced with a new generation of satellites.

However, who can afford to spend a lot of money on specially designed satellites that were previously eliminated so quickly?

But if it is not eliminated, the technology is too far behind.

Therefore, even in the West, which is much more technologically advanced and has abundant funds, only military-grade satellites will be manufactured at the expense of safety considerations.

As for civilian satellites, they are usually designed to last only about 10 years in order to save money.

Just like many domestic satellites in the past, they were launched from low-orbit satellites.

The low orbit is only a few hundred kilometers away from the blue star, the launch cost is low, and the satellite manufacturing cost is small, after a few years of use, the satellite will slowly fall into the atmosphere from the low orbit and fall down, and will not become space junk and destroy the launch airspace.

This is also the mainstream satellite launch method in China.

After reading this booklet, many of the original questions in Chen Jie's heart were dispelled.

Perhaps in the future, the satellites manufactured by Infinity will become the representative of the world's top satellites!

In the conference room, Director Li talked eloquently in front of more than a dozen interview machine lenses: "This satellite launch is of great importance to Infinity Company, to strive for the international launch market in the future, and to commercialize, and at the same time, it also has a very far-reaching representative significance for us in South China.......

Chen Weidong bowed his head slightly and discussed with Zhao Gong in a whisper.

The rocket engine belongs to the company's independent research and development design, and the satellite products are also coordinated by several departments and produced and assembled by the mechanical laboratory.

Suffice it to say that from the very beginning, they did not think about relying on the help of the space department.

In order to avoid many unnecessary effects in the future.

In the next few days, researchers in the computer lab continued to simulate the rocket launch.

The data is constantly being entered and recalculated.

Chen Weidong also communicated with the scientific researchers of the base many times, made detailed inquiries about the design, function, structure, etc. of the rocket, and took a lot of notes.

On the fifth day, the satellite will begin its final inspection before installation.

This thing is too precise, and the wrong welding and missing welding of a small part may cause the satellite to lose its efficiency.

Therefore, it is extremely important to work on the ground.

Just like the Hughes Company in the United States, there have been many classic examples of failed launches.

The once well-known "Asia No. 1" was damaged by the sun's rays because an electrical component could not be carried out, resulting in failure.

The technicians of the infinity company began to carry out the final detection of the satellite in an orderly manner, and a large number of various testing instruments were placed on the ground, but it was inconvenient to pass by.

Chen Weidong and the others were ten meters away, looking at the busy technicians inside.

The true face of the satellite has finally appeared in front of everyone.

It is a positive cylindrical object, with a surface of nearly two meters, covered with reflective and shiny solar light sheets, which are used to receive solar energy and convert it into the energy required for the operation of satellite instruments.

Viewed from the ground, the satellite has a chunky, bloated feel.

The radar antenna on the top, which is still in a state of contraction, cannot be seen from the outside, and will not poke out and stretch out until the satellite enters the predetermined orbit.

7 April, 2005.

The weather was sunny.

In order to reduce floating debris in the atmosphere and increase the success rate, the launch was scheduled to take place at night.

Although at this time, the entire base has been completely under martial law and no one is allowed to enter or leave, there are still many people in the outside world who know through the Internet that Infinity will carry out the first rocket launch tonight.

The shores of the former bay are already crowded with a large number of people, ready to witness this moment with their own eyes.

The city department did not stop this, let alone collect tickets, and even arranged staff to maintain order at the scene.

For this launch, many experts in the aerospace field in China are actually not optimistic.

They believe that although the Infinity Company has made considerable achievements in the electronics industry, mechanical automation, and precision instrument manufacturing, it is still very weak in the aerospace industry and space technology.

Even if it is true that in the early years, some researchers affiliated with the Institute of Aerospace gave up the establishment and joined Infinity.

But there is no large number of supporting facilities, with the cooperation of military industrial units.

It is not realistic to create an extra-atmospheric vehicle and successfully launch it.

The end result is, at best, a large, expensive toy.

On TV, some scholars and current affairs commentators who were known for their sharp views in the past did not dare to blatantly ridicule Infinity Inc., but only euphemistically said that if the rocket fell, it would not be good to hit the flowers and plants.

At half past nine, with the command center three kilometers away from the launch site, after a ten-second countdown, the order to "ignite" came.

The operator pressed the start button.

A long fiery dragon lit up the launch site that was silent in the night.

After the engine of the "Tianshu-1" rocket ignited, the thrust continued to increase and began to climb upward.

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Countless reporters have taken pictures of this exciting moment!

Since this is the first time that a private commercial company has launched a rocket independently, it is a breakthrough from zero to one, and it has very important reference significance.

In addition to ** TV stations that broadcast live across the country.

All over the world, a large number of news media have sent reporters to broadcast the news.

The AFP correspondent put it this way: "It is like a burning torch that lights up the night sky to the sky!" ”

"This successful launch symbolizes that China's aerospace industry has begun to step out of the self-enclosed small stage and move towards the stage of the world's commercial satellite launch! Its success will inspire the country to move forward towards a brighter future! ”

Unlike the enthusiasm of the outside world, in the control center, there is not much joy, and no one dares to be careless until the rocket reaches the predetermined orbit.

Representatives of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the General Assembly Department all sat in front of the console, staring at the tracking data on the big screen.

The heads of the six major laboratories, except for Professor Kruger, who is sensitive and cannot appear here, are all very nervous, and their bodies are tense and straight.

Researchers related to other projects have already wiped sweat dozens of times in just twenty minutes.

The glasses on the bridge of the nose were also wiped off, wiped and removed, and looked restless.

Ground receiving stations, oceanographic survey ships, and monitoring points sent signals that the rocket's flight attitude was normal.

From the radar screen, it can be seen that the flight trajectory of the rocket completely coincides with the line simulated by the supercomputer, and there is no deviation at all.

Every time the overlapping data is broadcast, it will attract a lot of applause, and many researchers involved in the project will turn their heads to each other, excited about the accuracy of this launch!

More than twenty minutes later, the rocket had reached the altitude at which the star and arrow were separated.

Chen Weidong and other personnel of Infinity Company, as well as Director Li, representatives of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the General Assembly Department, and various institutions, all stood up from their chairs!

The satellite detached from the payload compartment smoothly, quickly separated from the rocket, and drifted to the predetermined transfer orbit.

Rockets, on the other hand, continue to fly into outer space until the fuel they carry is completely exhausted and they become floating objects in space.

"I announce that the Da Chan Island Rocket Launch Base, this satellite launch mission, has been a complete success!"

With the news that the satellite radar has been successfully deployed and the ground station has been contacted, the representative of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense announced on the spot that the satellite launch mission was a complete success!

Countless laughter and tears burst out at this moment.

The researchers of the entire central venue hugged each other, and all of them were celebrating this moment of victory!

Chen Weidong was already speechless with excitement, but just held the hands of the people around him and shook them repeatedly.

Several representatives of the General Assembly Department saw the sweat on each other's faces, looked at each other and smiled, rushed forward, and expressed their most sincere congratulations to Infinity Company!

At this time of celebration.

Director Li left the command center, left South China City, took a special plane, and quietly flew to Baijing.