Chapter 813 Widening the gap, the number one in the world is not a fool's errand
Before the advent of Daystar Technology, the aerospace industry gave the Chinese people a very lofty impression.
What a tolerance of 0.001 mm, a variety of high secrecy, as if there was a futuristic sci-fi world.
But after the launch of Daystar 9, the situation slowly changed.
While the first Daystar 9 was launched from a traditional Northwest launch site, many of the processes were nothing special.
But immediately afterwards, the launch frequency of Daystar 9 was intensively increased, so that everyone is no longer so unfamiliar with rocket launches.
In particular, the Daystar 9 is still a recyclable rocket, which makes everyone's sense of mystery about the rocket even lower.
This time, when the Daystar 9 was launched directly on the Sea Launch Platform, it did various live broadcasts of the preparations at the scene.
The mystery of the rocket launch has been pierced a lot at once.
After all, starting from the various preparations for the rocket, netizens will be able to see the live broadcast directly on the Internet.
"Dears, this sea launch of Daystar Technology is quite high-profile."
When a group of Chinese netizens were watching the live broadcast of the Qixing 9 sea launch, a group of people were also organizing a group of people to watch this special live broadcast within the Space Exploration Technology Company on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
So far, their recyclable version of the Falcon 9 has not been officially launched.
Naturally, they also hope to see if they can learn some useful techniques through this live broadcast.
For example, some very powerful technicians can see a lot of ways from the launch process of the opponent's rocket.
"Daystar Technology is now a star enterprise in China, they not only have a very popular Starlink satellite system, but also a variety of drone business."
"This kind of live broadcast should be very beneficial to the next step of Daystar Technology's financing."
"However, as far as I know, Daystar Technology is not short of money, at least in the past two years."
"So I feel that if I am so high-profile, there must be some other purpose."
"Maybe Huaxia wants to support a benchmark company."
Dears has mixed feelings right now.
In his opinion, what Daystar Technology is enjoying now is what Space Exploration Technology should enjoy.
Now it has been stolen from the limelight.
"The changes in Huaxia in recent years are indeed quite big, especially those enterprises associated with Nanshan Group, which always inadvertently bring a huge impact to the world."
"I have a feeling that they will probably be our biggest competitors in the future."
Musco now attaches great importance to Nanshan Automobile Group and Qixing Technology Group.
The two companies are direct competitors to Tesla and SpaceX.
In the future, whether they come to China to expand their business or expand their business globally, it is impossible to avoid each other.
"Our relevant domestic departments and enterprises should already have an understanding of this, otherwise there would not have been various measures for Nanshan Group-related industries such as Nanshan carbon fiber, Nanshan semiconductor, and Nanshan equipment."
"It's just that this time everyone miscalculated, the more they deal with them, the better the other party is."
"If today's sea launch is successful, then the fame of Daystar 9 will definitely be even greater."
"In the future, the speed of the establishment of their Starlink satellite system will be further accelerated."
"It seems that our Starlink still needs to further improve its speed."
"NASA's support for us can be improved a little more."
Diers hit NASA again.
As a representative enterprise in the private aviation industry in the United States, SpaceX's relationship with NASA is very complex.
If the company fails, it will also represent the failure of NASA's reform to a certain extent.
That's why Diers dared to go to the other party for resources and support.
"The company has now raised hundreds of millions of dollars, and can raise further if needed."
"In this case, you don't have to worry about spending money."
"The relaunch of the improved Falcon 9 is expected to be carried out again next month."
Musco was a little eager to get his own recyclable rocket.
Otherwise, SpaceX will be left behind.
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Nine!
Eight!
Seven!
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In the witness of countless live broadcast viewers, Daystar 9 soared from the Sea Launch Platform and quickly rushed into space.
Multiple drones from all directions jointly recorded the scene of the launch of Daystar 9.
"Mr. Cao, are you really not worried about leaking secrets at all?"
"There are all kinds of pictures in the live broadcast footage, and even the pictures of the assembly workshop of Daystar 9 are also played."
Qian Junfeng stood beside Cao Yang, looking at the tail flame that slowly disappeared into the air, and his mood was quite complicated.
In every previous launch, aerospace science and technology have contributed to a greater or lesser extent.
But this time, Daystar Technology chose to launch on its own Sea Launch Platform, and there is not much that Aerospace Technology can help.
After getting more and more experienced, rocket launch is not a big deal for Daystar Technology.
"What's there to worry about leaking?"
"As long as our technology advances fast enough, we are not afraid of others learning from us."
"Besides, there are only a few countries in the world that have the strength to produce this kind of recyclable rocket."
"Not to mention anything else, just the rocket engine, shoot the camera directly at it for a few hours, and you don't have to worry about someone copying it out."
"If it had been that easy, our aero-engine bottleneck problem would have been solved long ago."
As soon as Cao Yang said this, he directly scared Qian Junfeng to death.
It's really not that easy for you to want simple plagiarism like rockets.
Many of the parts involved in the special process.
Even if the physical object is given to you, it may not be able to produce a product that meets the requirements.
And there are so many parts on the rocket, as long as a certain part is not qualified in design, it may directly become fireworks when it is launched.
This kind of scene must have been encountered by any rocket power.
"I've heard that SpaceX over there in the U.S. is rapidly researching recyclable Falcon 9."
"At that time, it should be directly against your Daystar 9, right?"
In Qian Junfeng's view, the only one that can pose a threat to Daystar Technology should be Space Exploration Technology Company.
As for the United Rocket and Space Company on the polar bear's side, although its strength is also very strong, it takes a different route from Daystar Technology.
Qian Junfeng is actually not particularly optimistic.
The most important thing is that Qixing Technology develops recyclable rockets, which are really to be used commercially.
They also have a clear plan for cost recovery, and they may be able to create miracles in the future.
But what about the polar bears?
They develop recyclable rockets, to a certain extent, purely for the sake of development.
What these rockets will be used for in the future, in fact, it is not completely clear.
Or how to recover these R&D costs in the future, they have not yet begun to think about it.
The difference in this situation also has a great impact on the results.
"People started earlier than us in the development of cheap rockets."
"For example, the shell of the Falcon 9 is directly stainless steel, and the cost is very low."
"Of course, they're definitely heavier than our carbon fiber shells, which has an impact on the launch tonnage."
"But for the U.S. market, the impact of low costs is even greater."
"The recyclable Falcon 9 has not been developed in the past two years, they should have been pondered for a few years."
"It's just that after being stimulated by us this time, we accelerated the speed of research and development."
"I don't think it's surprising that they've been able to get the recyclable Falcon 9 out of the box this year."
Cao Yang knows a lot about SpaceX.
This opponent is not so simple, they have gathered a large number of rocket experts in the United States and even the world, and the technology of the United States in terms of control systems is already relatively powerful.
So it's not a particularly strange thing to be able to quickly get a recyclable Falcon 9.
After all, Daystar 9 has already made a template for each other, and they just need to work hard in this direction.
The most difficult thing about developing a new technology is often the uncertainty of whether it is the right path.
As long as you know that this path is correct, sometimes the difficulties in the middle are easier to overcome.
"Mr. Cao, the first-stage rocket and the second-stage rocket have been successfully separated, and they will soon enter the second ignition."
Just when Cao Yang and Qian Junfeng were communicating, Zhao Siyu was next to him and reported the rocket launch in a timely manner.
There were no special surprises, and there were no special hot scenes.
Everything is progressing as well as the content of the exercise.
For a rocket launch, such a result is actually the best result.
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"Grogin, I think the company needs to make some investment in multi-engine joint control technology, otherwise it will be very difficult for us to follow the development path of Daystar Technology in the future."
On the Polar Bear's side, inside the United Rocket and Space Corporation, they are also watching the sea launch of Daystar Technology.
Dmittli is the head of the rocket project, although the idea of developing a recyclable rocket is very different from that of Daystar.
But in the future, if you want to further expand the size of the rocket and get it to the scale of a starship, then you must still take the road of Rising Star.
Otherwise, it will be more and more difficult to develop.
At this point, he can be regarded as having seen it more thoroughly.
"Multi-engine control technology is not so easy, and we didn't think about combining multiple engines to increase the launch tonnage of the rocket."
"But in terms of results, that's not very optimistic."
Groking seemed to think of some scenes from his youth.
When the polar bear was engaged in the development of rocket technology, there were many innovations.
For example, SpaceX and Daystar Technology have tied multiple engines together, which is what people play with.
However, it has to be said that the level of polar bears in terms of control systems still needs to be improved.
Later, it was found that there were too many engines tied at the same time, and they couldn't figure out the control logic, so they accidentally blew up.
So in the end, I basically didn't dare to exceed 10 units.
"I heard that Daystar Technology plans to continue to use the engine of Daystar 9 in Daystar 9 MAX and the future Starship series rockets."
"The way they deal with it is to bundle more engines to meet the tonnage needs of the launch."
Dmittli told what he had learned.
Obviously, he thinks that the multi-engine bundling scheme will be an international mainstream scheme in the future.
The cost of such an approach is certainly simpler than developing a completely new engine on its own.
Otherwise, it would be very expensive to redevelop an engine for a certain rocket.
The key is whether the performance of this new engine is stable, and it is difficult to say.
If a general-purpose engine can be continuously bundled and developed, it can not only save a lot of R&D costs, but also reduce the cost of this engine by increasing production.
The end result is certainly significant.
"The path chosen by the Americans and the Chinese people is relatively cunning, how can one engine meet the launch needs of different rockets?"
"Only by designing different engines according to different rocket needs can we produce the best performing rockets."
Groking was the attitude of the polar bear astronauts of the old era, and felt that what he insisted on had to be adhered to.
In the past, polar bears had various models of space engines, and there are definitely some that suit today's needs.
All they need to do is do some simple redevelopment and validation on top of that.
"Or can we find a time to talk to Daystar Technology?"
"In China's aerospace industry, a lot of technology comes from us."
"I think they're also interested in having a good conversation with us."
Dmittli did not continue to insist on a plan to bundle the engine, but suggested to Groking from a different angle.
Of course, he himself also wants to take this opportunity to see if it is possible to do some cooperation with Daystar Technology.
As Groking said, they have their own various engines to choose from.
But how to tie these engines to high-thrust rockets needs to be carefully considered.
This must be combined with the latest control system technology, otherwise the more engines are bundled, the more complex the control, and the greater the possibility of explosion in mid-air.
"You can give this a try, Qian Junfeng of Huaxia Aerospace Technology has invited me several times."
"When the time comes, let him contact him in the middle, and we'll go over and communicate together."
Although Huaxia's aerospace technology used to be its own little brother, but now that the level of the little brother has improved, Groking is willing to go over to communicate.
At this time, on the sea launch platform off the coast of Yangcheng, Qixing 9 was slowly landing again.
When the rocket stood firmly on the platform under the support of a special support, thunderous applause immediately rang out from the nearby command ship.
This means that Venus-9 has successfully achieved a sea launch, and the technical maturity has been further raised to a higher level. ”
"Mr. Cao, Qixing 9 has successfully achieved sea launch, and now wait for the first-stage rocket to send the satellite to the designated orbit, and today's launch mission will be successfully completed."
Zhao Siyu was quite excited to report the latest situation next to him.
Although the technical team has done a lot of simulations before, I feel that this launch should be able to go smoothly.
But it should be attributed, and what the actual situation is, you still have to know after you finally try it.
Well, now it's all falling out.
The performance of Daystar 9 is as stable as ever.
"Over there at the Northwest launch site, everything is going well, right?"
Today is the first time that Daystar Technology has launched two rockets at the same time.
This is also a relatively big test of the company's technical coordination ability.
Although everyone's attention is focused on the Sea Launch, it does not mean that the Northwest Launch Site does not need to care about anything.
"The launch time over there is almost the same, and the recycling of the first-stage rocket has just been successfully realized."
"In the future, our Daystar 9 launch will only need to be carried out in accordance with the established process."
The number of launches is more, and the process of each link is done in accordance with the regulations.
Daystar 9 is produced according to a standardized process, and in the future, it is planned to produce more than 20 pieces.
In addition, many parts on the Daystar 9 and Daystar 9 MAX are generic, and in this case, the production difficulty has also decreased a lot.
This is still very different for Daystar Technology.
"In the future, at the right launch window, it will be possible to send several rockets into the air at the same launch site at the same time?"
"Or in the future, when our rockets are launched, can it be further simplified?"
In the future, there will be a large number of rocket launch arrangements on the side of Daystar Technology.
The simpler these arrangements are, the better.
"We will discuss this internally as a plan for the advancement of the turnaround."
Zhao Siyu didn't dare to hold it up, thinking that it would be better to confirm it clearly and then answer.
And just as they were exchanging the direction of their future efforts, the guests who came to visit thought differently.
"Representative Pan, can we consider using Starlink to correspond to some of our military communication channels in the future?"
Lin Guojiang happened to be standing with Pan Jun, and after knowing the identity of the other party, he slowly chatted.
The main role of Starlink satellites is to communicate and provide Internet services, which is needed in many places.
And there is definitely a difference between civilian and military communications.
Compared with traditional communication methods, satellite communication obviously has its own unique advantages.
Of course, the downside is that it's too expensive.
"Mr. Lin, you have provided us with a new idea, I will go back and report to see if we can develop a military communication system based on Starlink."
Pan Jun naturally knows the importance of communication.
The requirements for secrecy in the relevant communications of the military industry are relatively high.
If it can be combined with some satellites of Starlink to propose a completely different communication system, it may have unexpected effects in some places.
"We can consider installing some Starlink satellite system receivers at the locations of remote outposts, and then directly solve the problems of communication and Internet access in these places."
"At the same time, it can also be used to provide special communication assistance to field marching troops......"
Xu Jun listened to the conversation between Lin Guojiang and Pan Jun on the side, and immediately added his opinion.
The more people talked, the more they felt that the Starlink satellite system had a broad future.
One step ahead, most likely, is one step ahead.
Daystar Technology's Starlink has now opened a gap with the industry.
No one else has launched the first satellite yet, and Daystar has once again sent 120 satellites directly into space.
By now, it's actually time to start some of the relevant testing work.
In this regard, Daystar Technology naturally knows it internally.
After the launch was over, the joy had not completely passed, and Zhao Siyu immediately gathered the elite soldiers and began to arrange the formal formation of satellite communications.
Such an important piece of information must also be of concern to many people.
Therefore, Daystar Technology also officially announced this matter on the official WeChat.
[Starlink Satellite System Officially Begins to Build]
It was just a few simple words, but it caused a very big response from all parties.
Hundreds of satellites were sent so quickly, although the size of each satellite was a little different from the traditional one.
But no matter how you look at it, it's a remarkable achievement.
Daystar Technology's world's first, it can be said that there is no moisture.
"Mr. Cao, the topic of Starlink has been very popular in recent months, but all parties have not come up with anything real."
"Now that we have officially announced the beginning of the Starlink satellite system, which is properly ahead of the world, it is estimated that Space Exploration Technology Corporation and Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Corporation will be in a hurry."
Yesterday, the sea launch of Qixing 9 was successfully carried out, and today Cao Yang began to enter all kinds of busyness normally.
Zeng Tingting also came here today to report on the next big project.
However, before the official report, it is inevitable to talk about today's very hot topic.
"It's okay to let the American side chase after you, otherwise the superiority of those people is too strong."
"Having someone chasing after us can also give our technical team a sense of crisis."
"At that time, it will also be good for the development of Starlink."
Cao Yang never thought about monopolizing the Starlink satellite system, which is an unrealistic problem.
If you really have a monopoly, people will have to find a way to get you.
However, it would be best if it could be ahead of the United States.
To be ahead of the United States is to be ahead of the world.
It would be nice if we could open some gaps.
(End of chapter)