Chapter 802: The Space Race, Things Are Getting More and More Lively

Tesla's Model S has performed very well since it began mass production and delivery last year.

Time magazine named the Model S "Best Invention of 2012."

Automotive Magazine named Model S the best car of the year.

The U.S. Consumer Reports Model S received the highest score ever scored for an automotive product.

Judging from the comments in many media outlets, the Model S has served its design purpose.

It has sleek and graceful lines that make it so distinctive that it will be memorable for passers-by when driving on the street.

It accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in as little as 3.4 seconds.

In the United States, George Gruney, Larry Page and many other celebrities are Model S owners.

In the first two months of this year, it surpassed Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series, and Audi A8 in sales.

As a result, Tesla's stock is naturally showing a rapid upward trend.

Musco's value is also constantly improving.

Therefore, even if Daystar Technology successfully launched the Qixing 9 recyclable rocket before, Musco could still hold it back.

At most, it was just that the Falcon 9 modification was launched ahead of schedule.

In the later development rhythm, he still hopes to develop in accordance with the direction of his own plan as much as possible.

There is no need to disrupt your own R&D steps because of the appearance of Daystar 9.

But plans often fail to keep up with change.

When the news from Huaxia that Daystar Technology was going to work with several major operators to promote the 5G communication standard based on the Starlink satellite system reached his ears, he immediately realized that this matter was different.

So this time he took the initiative to call Diers to his office.

"Do you think it is possible for Daystar Technology's Starlink satellite system to be successfully realized?"

Without beating around the bush, Musco went straight to the point.

"High-speed internet service via low-orbit communications satellites could provide low-cost internet connectivity around the globe if all goes well."

"Judging from the current Starlink operation logic announced by Daystar Technology, there seems to be no problem."

"Of course, the premise is that they can really launch tens of thousands of satellites, which involves tens of billions of dollars, or even hundreds of billions of dollars."

Diers must have also studied Daystar's "Starlink" plan, so when Musco asked, he could immediately give his opinion.

"Now Daystar 9 has been launched twice, sending 120 Starlink satellites into space."

"At this pace, to send tens of thousands of satellites into the sky, it needs to be launched about 700 times."

"Do you think Daystar 9 will be able to complete these tasks smoothly?"

Musco was quickly calculating the launch situation on Daystar Technology's side.

At a normal speed, 700 rocket launches will definitely take more than ten years, or even decades, to complete.

But if Daystar uses recyclable rockets for launch, it will definitely not take that long.

If there are 70 launches a year, that's ten years.

This is already a very ideal situation.

At least from the current point in time, this is indeed the case.

"It's not too early to draw conclusions, but since the other party has obtained more than 10 billion financing, at least these two years are enough."

"And Daystar is backed by Nanshan Automobile Group and Glory Technology Group, and it should not be short of money in recent years."

"Even if they are short of money, they have Yangcheng Bank to provide loans."

"So in the end, Daystar's Starlink plan is likely to be realized."

Dears gave a result that was not what everyone wanted to see.

"So, we really need to take this matter seriously?"

Musco is a very thoughtful person.

He founded SpaceX, not to simply develop rockets, but to lead mankind to Mars.

And the starlink system is naturally a very important part of entering space.

So when he heard about the Starlink satellite system of Daystar, he also wanted to make a similar Starlink in his heart.

It's just that the recyclable version of Falcon 9 has not been developed, so he has not officially proposed Starlink.

But now the importance of Starlink has been further raised, and it is linked to the 5G communication standard, which has further increased the price of Starlink.

In this case, he can't wait to do it.

"Yes, although space is infinite, the area suitable for launching satellites is actually relatively limited."

"Daystar plans to launch 40,000 or 50,000 satellites, which will be more than ten times the number of satellites in the past."

"As a result, space resources will immediately become strained."

As soon as Diers said this, Musco felt even more that it was necessary to do a good job of the Starlink satellite system.

He wants to conquer the sea of stars, and if he is blocked by someone before he sets sail, it will definitely be unacceptable.

Thinking of this, Musco had an idea in his mind.

"If we start a similar Starlink project now, is there any difficulty?"

Although he himself is also a technical background, he is certainly not as powerful as professionals like Diels.

Therefore, before officially launching the Starlink satellite system, Musco is still ready to listen to Diels' opinion.

"There is no difficulty in launching the satellite itself, and since the launch of the Falcon 9 in 2010, we have provided satellite launch missions to many customers."

"It's just that before the recyclable Falcon 9 is studied, our launch cost will be relatively high."

"Of course, we can use the existing Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites in the early stage, and open up the situation first."

"Later, the recyclable version will be developed and replaced, and the launch cost will be greatly reduced at that time, and the frequency of the launch can be increased."

Diers also knows Musco well.

From the other party's expression and words, he already knew that Musco was preparing to launch the Starlink satellite system belonging to SpaceX.

Naturally, Diers also supported this project.

No one would not support the company to do more big projects, so as to better reflect the value of Dears.

This will also allow SpaceX to have more topics to talk about in the investment institutions, and more funds can be raised.

The most important thing is that Huaxia's Daystar Technology has already hyped up Starlink.

After being linked to 5G, Starlink is quickly out of the circle.

On the American side, companies such as Qualcomm and Motorola must also be very concerned about this matter.

In this context, SpaceX's official announcement to build its own Starlink satellite system will definitely get the support of many people.

"Then follow your plan and officially start the design of the Starlink satellite as soon as possible, as well as the future launch plan."

"I want to let everyone know right away that Starlink doesn't just belong to China, and American companies can also build it."

With this conversation between Musco and Dils, he immediately announced SpaceX's "Starlink" plan on Twitter.

According to its plan, the first satellites of their Starlink will be officially designed within this year, and then launched into space.

Starting next year, the frequency of launches will gradually increase, and it is expected that in the future, the recyclable Falcon 9 will be used for launches.

After this tweet was released, it was immediately retweeted and read by many Americans.

Before the news reached China, the related companies in the United States began to discuss the impact of this matter.

"Paul, our company has demonstrated internally that it is feasible to use Starlink to build a 5G network."

"Even if you can't use it in the 5G era, you can use it in 6G."

"Now Huaxia Daystar Technology has taken the lead in building a starlink system, and our space exploration technology company has also officially announced that it will build a starlink system."

"I think we can sit down and communicate and support SpaceX to build the Starlink system as soon as possible?"

Although the relationship between Apple and Qualcomm is more complicated, we have fought an unknown number of lawsuits.

But in terms of dealing with Huaxia enterprises, the positions of the two of them are absolutely the same.

Because of Honor Technology, Apple mobile phones are now not available for sale in Huaxia.

Of course, there is no way to sell Honor phones in the United States.

Also because of Nanshan Semiconductor, Qualcomm's share of the smartphone chip market has declined.

Therefore, whether it is Qualcomm or Apple, they all have deep tooth marks with the companies of the Nanshan system.

In this case, everyone definitely doesn't want Starlink to be exclusively in the hands of Daystar Technology.

"Musco's ideas are very rich, and we are willing to sit down together and discuss and invest in SpaceX."

"But he doesn't necessarily want our investment."

No matter where you are, the high-end circle is very small.

The United States is no exception.

Paul, Kuka, and Musco naturally knew each other.

Even everyone has a deeper understanding of each other.

"If it weren't for Daystar, then Musco might not have accepted our investment."

"But now that SpaceX is lagging behind Daystar, they need to accept our investment if they don't want to stay behind."

"Otherwise, the current Falcon 9 does not have the performance of recyclable launches, and the cost of each launch will be much higher than that of Daystar."

"At that time, the competitiveness of the STARL system will be greatly reduced."

Paul thinks Musco will still accept his investment.

Normally, Qualcomm has no interest in investing in any company.

But when it comes to something as important as 5G communication standards, the situation is naturally a little different.

"What you said also makes sense, let's have a preliminary communication first."

"The Starlink satellite system is so important that we really need to consider building it in the next five years, and in the next eight years, it will be officially put into use."

Kuka said categorically.

Soon, they communicated with the heads of some other affiliated companies, and then they made an appointment with Musco for an industry meeting.

Musco, who has never wanted to let go of the shares of Space Exploration Technology, can be regarded as an official relaxation.

Although in the end, how to invest and how to occupy shares, it will take some time to argue.

But the fact that the companies are working together to support SpaceX's Starlink satellite project is a certainty.

There is such a big movement on the American side, and Daystar Technology will naturally not receive any news here.

"Mr. Cao, SpaceX's first Starlink satellite is scheduled to be launched within this year."

"I think this plan can still be implemented."

"In particular, Qualcomm and other companies are very interested in Musco's Starlink plan, and even want to build it before our Starlink is officially put into use."

"I think the company's launch mission this year can be appropriately improved, and next year it can directly impact the high frequency of 100 launches per year."

Zhao Siyu is naturally very aware of the importance of Starlink to Daystar and to Huaxia.

Seeing that the United States is going to join in, and everyone is going to engage in a space race, Daystar must not have any movement on its side.

"The recyclable version of the Falcon 9 has just failed to launch, and it is estimated that the final success will definitely go until next year."

"In this case, Musco is so anxious to announce that he wants to follow the trend of Starlink, it seems that he was stimulated by our 5G plan."

Cao Yang could think of the reason for this incident.

Daystar Technology's Starlink project is not just now, and there has been no movement on the space exploration technology side before.

Now Daystar's Starlink has accepted the investment of mobile and other price-increasing institutions, and is ready to do something on 5G, and Musco immediately took action.

Then companies such as Qualcomm and Apple also got involved in the SpaceX project, and the reasons behind it are clear.

"Yes, the United States has always been at the forefront of the communications industry, and the relevant standards have been completed under their leadership."

"Now the situation may be about to change, and those people naturally can't accept it."

"But the more this happens, the more our Starlink needs to be completed as soon as possible."

"Even if 5G is not used so quickly, it must first occupy the limited space resources."

"I guess SpaceX has a similar idea."

Zhao Siyu is now very concerned about the Starlink satellite system.

He has a feeling that this will be the most influential project in Daystar Technology in the future.

The industry behind this project will also be very exaggerated.

For example, the terminal receiver of Starlink satellites is not just mobile phones and computers.

At that time, there will be a market for receivers similar to base stations.

For example, using such a receiver to provide WIFI signals to surrounding mobile phones, computers, etc., is definitely very marketable.

After all, as long as there is WIFI, whether it is a mobile phone or a computer, it is also active.

Especially with WeChat, the need to make calls and send text messages has been greatly compressed.

"It seems that our launch plan is indeed to be appropriately modified, and strive to launch all the more than 40,000 satellites of Starlink in the next few years."

"Daystar 9 is already preparing for large-scale production, and strives to produce 20 pieces by the end of this year."

"The plan of 100 launches next year can also be formally arranged and implemented."

"Even if the follow-up progress is relatively smooth, the launch plan can be directly increased to 200 times in the future, and strive to get the Starlink system out within three to five years."

Engage in the space race, who is afraid of whom?

Daystar Technology already occupies a leading position, and there is no need to worry about competition from SpaceX's side.

Of course, if you don't worry, you don't have to worry about it, you still have to pay attention to what you should pay attention to.

Otherwise, if the United States really builds Starlink at any cost, then it is possible to be counterattacked by others.

After all, people's Falcon 9 is also relatively mature.

It's nothing more than that the current version doesn't have recyclable performance.

But compared with traditional rockets of the same type, the cost of the Falcon 9 has actually dropped by more than half.

"No problem, I'll go and make specific arrangements now."

"By then, our Sea Launch ship will also be almost complete and can be launched from the Northwest Launch Site and the Sea Launch Ship together."

"Even the new launch site of aerospace science and technology in Qiongzhou is about to be built, and it is about to provide us with launch assistance."

Zhao Siyu felt full of energy.

Compete with American companies and start a new space race.

It's exciting to think about it.

Soon, the second Daystar 9 mass-produced by Daystar Technology was also launched at the Northwest Launch Site.

At the same time, Daystar Technology's official WeChat account also further promoted its own Starlink plan and revealed part of its future plans.

In this way, the topic of Starlink is naturally more popular.

Even the word space race is also on the hot search.

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"Grogin, the Chinese and the Americans are going to have a space race, should we also consider building our own starlink system?"

Dmitri came to Grotin, worried.

As the only three companies in the world that are researching recyclable rockets, the attention of all parties to United Aviation is also very high.

Even the Polar Bear side is ready to re-acquire a part of the private shares of United Airlines and turn it into a complete Polar Bear state-owned enterprise.

These actions are all aimed at allowing the polar bear's space industry to continue to grow and keep up with the world trend.

In this context, Dmittli naturally pays attention to the movements of the United States and China at any time.

All over the world, it is mainly the aerospace industry of these two countries that deserves his attention.

Especially on the Huaxia side, it was originally their little brother, and now the aerospace industry seems to be showing signs of surpassing them, which makes Dmitry very anxious.

"Our recyclable rockets are not developed so quickly, and the production cost may not be low by then."

"The Starlink satellite system requires tens of thousands of satellites to be built completely."

"In this case, the scale of the relevant funds involved is very huge, and it is impossible for the relevant departments to provide us with so much funding."

Groking naturally hopes that the company can launch its own Starlink plan.

But he knew that the plan would require huge amounts of money to come true, and that there would be no way to make a profit in the early days.

With the current economic situation of polar bears, it is obviously not enough to support the development of this plan.

"Funding is really an issue, but I don't think the company necessarily has to build a Starlink system of this scale like Space Exploration Technology and Daystar Technology."

"We just need to meet the communication needs over the country."

"As a result, the number of satellites needed will be greatly reduced, and it is estimated that a few thousand will be enough to meet the requirements."

Dmittli knew that he couldn't completely benchmark against the United States and Huaxia to toss Starlink, otherwise he would definitely not be able to do it.

Even this plan was not planned to be approved at all.

"Even a few thousand satellites are a stressful thing for us."

"For decades, the number of satellites launched around the world has been in the thousands."

"Now one of our plans is to launch thousands of satellites, and the relevant departments are estimated to have rejected this plan immediately after hearing about it."

"Unless we can get the money out of our pocket."

Grotin's proposal was not very optimistic about Dmittley's proposal.

As the president of the company, he will think from a more realistic perspective.

If you get too idealistic, it's easy to put your company in a corner.

"It's definitely more difficult for us to be on our own, but if we spin off the Starlink plan and set up a company, and then attract funds from all parties to support it, I think it's still possible."

"And we don't need to prepare all the funds at once, we only need to launch a few batches of satellites to open up the situation, and then it should be much easier to raise funds."

"After the relevant departments see the feasibility of this plan, it is estimated that they will also provide some funds."

"Even in the future, we can absorb some overseas funds."

Dmittli especially hopes that the company can set up a STARL project team and officially build its own STARL system like the United States and Huaxia.

To this end, he thought of all the methods he could think of.

Groking is not against the Starlink system, but is worried that the company does not have the strength to carry it out.

Now Dmittli has mentioned such a more flexible plan, which can make good use of the funds of all parties, and he is naturally very interested.

Soon, the two of them communicated the idea to the relevant departments.

Then the official announcement was to participate in the "space race" and launch tens of thousands of satellites to form a Starlink satellite system belonging to the polar bear.

And this news quickly spread around the world.

This situation is becoming more and more interesting.

The space race has really begun.

Players who are eligible to enter the arena have already left the game.

(End of chapter)