Unlike universities, companies launch satellites from their own accounts, so they can save money.

Many of the satellite projects in which universities participate are led by the state and participated by universities, and most of the time there is no launch fee.

Therefore, the attraction of private aerospace to colleges and universities is that they can freely enjoy the payload weight and orbit, without considering the additional factors brought by grouping.

About a week later, Xinyuan Aerospace signed a launch contract with four companies.

The four have a total of 9 satellites (including sub-satellites), with a total weight of 620 kilograms, all of which are in SSO orbit and will be launched using the Xinyuan-1C rocket.

These are basically satellites that were originally going to use the Long March 6, and now all of them have fallen to Xinyuan Aerospace because of the price.

In fact, there are currently three types of rockets in China that are in SSO orbit, including Long March 4B, Long March 4C, and Long March 2D, with a capacity ranging from 2 to 4 tons.

The Long March 6 is designed for more civilian-oriented enterprises and universities, and is designed to serve "price-sensitive" customers.

The more powerful ones are going to choose the active second and fourth longs, who will wait for the sixth?

Therefore, the Xinyuan No. 1 modification successfully attracted customers with lower prices, and each company could save more than 6 million on average, which is also a lot of money for them.

In mid-September, after determining the launch time and plan, Xinyuan Aerospace made its first commercial launch order public in a low-key manner.

In the consideration of insurance and satellite adaptation, the launch will be carried out in November, and the unit price of the launch disclosed to the public is ...... 49,000 yuan a kilogram, with a total launch cost of 30 million.

In fact, the unit price is about 42,000, but who would think that they will make more money in the future?

You must know that the unit price of external sales loads after Changliu starts at 80,000, and now the quotation of Xinyuan Aerospace is at least 40% lower.

There is no need to worry about disrupting the market when the price of rockets is low, after all, what is scarce in aerospace now is that rockets are not orders, and different rockets, different loads, and different orbits have their own quotations, which cannot be generalized.

At this time, the heat of Xinyuan Aerospace has dropped after the rocket launch, but when this commercial contract was signed, it still quietly rushed to the heat.

Ordinary people have no concept of 30 million, and they will only take it for granted that aerospace really costs money.

But for aerospace practitioners and enthusiasts, it is very scary to see this news.

Especially in the Eighth Hospital, everyone was going to work in an orderly manner this morning, and suddenly someone shouted:

"That Xinyuan Aerospace has robbed us of business, and the companies in Shencheng are looking for them to hit satellites!"

He Ruo, the vice president of the Eighth Academy, who had just sat down to drink tea, heard this sentence and asked puzzledly:

"Where's the news, why don't we have any news at all?"

"Dean, just released on the official website of Xinyuan Aerospace, some of the photos of the contract and the signing ceremony have been released."

He suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly came to the man's side to look at the contents on the computer.

The official seals on the contract are very clear, that is, the companies that originally intended to carry the first flight of Changliu next year.

He didn't have much anger at being robbed of business, but felt very strange, there was still a big difference between the Eighth Courtyard and the private enterprises that relied on orders to eat.

"Launch in November? I remember that Xinyuan-1 only has a capacity of a few hundred kilograms of LEO, and the solar high orbit can't hit much at all, so it can't be launched. ”

"It seems that there is a modification, and this time it is enough to hit 620 kilograms, which is about the same as our Chang Liu. Wait, there is an introduction to this rocket on the official website, dean, you see. ”

After a few operations, He Ruo followed the few people who heard the sound and gathered in front of the screen, counting the public parameters of Xinyuan No. 1 C.

Every time their eyes swept over a line of numbers, several people were puzzled.

"A K120, 120-ton liquid oxygen kerosene engine on the core stage? The YF100 used by the long six is also the same. ”

"The diameter of the first core is 3.5 meters, the second and third levels are 2.5 meters, and the length of the sixth is also, but the diameter is 3.35 meters."

"The SSO capacity of 700KM is 770 kg, well, it's about the same with a kerosene machine."

After summarizing you sentence by sentence, everyone came to the conclusion: This is clearly a copy of Changliu!

He didn't feel plagiarized, but he just felt that the positioning of Xinyuan No. 1 C was almost exactly the same as Changliu.

Looking at the launch offer again, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt that something was wrong.

"Although the 30 million US dollar is higher, the starter is normal, but how can those old cutters be willing to spend more money? Is it just to grab more time?

However, private enterprises will have to make a fire in the past two months, and they can't even complete the testing process, so it's not reliable to look at it. ”

"Dean, it's not a U.S. knife, it's RMB, 30 million RMB."

Someone whispered to correct He Yan's mistake, and the latter was stunned for a moment and then returned to the screen, and after a long time, he wrung his eyebrows and shouted:

"30 million? 30 million? This is a loss of money! ”

No wonder he was so shocked, the launch cost of the Long March 6 is now estimated to be 160 million to 190 million, which is surprisingly low compared to the price of Xinyuan-1C!

Even if the auxiliary costs of the facilities for measurement, control and guidance go out, it will cost more than 100 million, and 30 million will buy a few engines, and a small half of the arrow body will not be built.

The other researchers involved in the Long Six project also estimated the cost in their hearts, and they also gasped.

30 million, or the price announced to the public, considering its own profits, how low should the cost of Xinyuan No. 1 C be?

It's not just that R&D didn't cost money, but it's also that black slaves are used to build rockets to get to this price!

If Xinyuan Aerospace has money to make at this price, then where does the Long March 6 come from with a cost of more than 100 million?

When the morning meeting of the Eighth Court ended, He Ruo called a few people to a separate meeting to discuss this matter.

The result of the discussion was also confused, they couldn't figure out how such a low offer was given.

"Could it be that the new rocket starters received less money?"

"It's not like ah, this is too much of a loss, at least charge an average price, forty-eight thousand is playing."

"Why don't we ask and see if the launch price is this number."

So they inquired through the mailbox of Xinyuan Aerospace, and the result was the same, the content of the reply was to hit the SSO orbit, as long as the load was almost 700 kilograms, it was this price.

He Ruo called those companies in the south again, and the content he got was the same, and he immediately felt a little panicked.

It's not that I'm afraid of losing orders, but I want to know the reason why the price of Xinyuan No. 1 is so low, which is obviously abnormal.

If they can also make the cost so low, it will obviously be a big achievement.

How does he know the truth about the system rocket, those are the models carefully selected by countless human world lines, the structure has been optimized to the extreme, the number of parts and components is more than 30% lower than that of similar energy, and the use of rich design experience to reduce the requirements of materials and processing, almost to reduce the cost of the extreme.

In addition, the cost will be reduced by eliminating the need to share R&D expenses and using more automation equipment to reduce workers and man-hours.

Crystallization of wisdom from other world lines, where is so easy to reach.