In July, the northern capital is almost the hottest time of the year.

The heat rising from the road in front of the newly completed National Internet Information Center even distorted the light.

At the entrance of the National Internet Information Center, a large group of people in suits and leather shoes are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Celebrate the creation of this institution that almost determines the information of the Internet in this country!

Zhang Xingyang, who was standing in the crowd, also looked at this lively scene with a happy face, and kept clapping his hands.

Although Zhang Xingyang has little to do with the National Internet Information Center, the news to be announced next has a lot to do with himself.

On the afternoon of the establishment of the Cyberspace Center, the first press conference of the newly established organization was held.

Because the Cyberspace Center of China is a newly established organization, it is not clear what exactly this organization is responsible for.

So there was not much interest in the press conference that this information center was going to hold.

But only those who really know a little bit of the inside story will know how shocking the content of this press conference is for the world.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the time arrived.

The press conference officially began.

It was not the personnel of the National Internet Information Center who were responsible for speaking, but a higher-level figure, Sun Hongtao, who was in charge of industrial development.

The media, who were not very clear about the content of the press conference, instantly understood that today's press conference was definitely not simple after finding out that it was the big man who appeared.

Something very important is definitely going to be announced.

However, these media do not have the slightest intention of informing others, and such news can definitely be obtained by themselves and will not be passed on to others.

When Sun Hongtao was sitting in a precarious position, he had a sense of oppression, coupled with his serious face.

First of all, Sun Hongtao congratulated the establishment of the National Internet Information Center and elaborated on the importance that the country attaches to the future development of the Internet.

Then there is today's big news, the establishment of a low-orbit satellite communication network.

After a series of flowery drafts congratulating the establishment of the Cyberspace Center.

Sun Hongtao put down the speech written by the secretary in advance and put his hands together on the table.

"In order to cater to the development wave of mobile communications, as well as the rapid development of the Internet."

"It was decided to carry out mobile communications and Internet infrastructure construction work, and build a completely independent low-orbit satellite communication network."

Sun Hongtao's words are simple, but the amount of information is huge.

Among the people present, except for Zhang Xingyang and Chen Zhongyan, who have a deep background in the aerospace industry, almost none of them particularly understand what a low-orbit satellite communication network is.

As for mobile communication and the Internet, everyone is still relatively understanding.

After all, I came to the Cyberspace Center to conduct interviews, and I still have some understanding of these basic information.

Of course, everyone's understanding is also relatively shallow.

For example, mobile communication is to use a mobile phone to make a call; The Internet is something that is used to communicate or play games online.

However, not all of the people present were unaware of the news in advance, and some official media had already received some information before this press conference.

At this time, it was also time for them to stand up and praise Sun Hongtao.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from XX Daily."

When Sun Hongtao signaled that everyone present could start asking questions, a little girl took the lead in raising her right hand, and Sun Hongtao directly called her name.

"Can you explain what you mean by a low-orbit satellite communications network?"

The little girl asked in a crisp voice.

"The low-orbit satellite communication network, as the name suggests, is, first of all, a communication network that can provide mobile phone communication and Internet access services at the same time."

"Secondly, the construction of this communication network is based on low-orbit satellites, which are different from the mobile communication base stations that we are common to build on the ground, and the satellite communication network builds the mobile communication base stations on the satellites and resides in space!"

As soon as Sun Hongtao's remarks came out, everyone present began to discuss, after all, the domestic aerospace industry and communications industry in these years have not been as developed as in later generations.

And the plan that Sun Hongtao said was almost radical beyond the imagination of everyone present.

"Do we now have the capacity to build such a huge space system?"

"Is it too big?"

"There is no such precedent in other countries, can we do it?"

Among the people sitting in the audience, most of them had such doubts in their hearts.

However, everyone did not say these things directly, but just thought silently in their hearts.

At this time, Sun Hongtao ordered another young man with an inch of hair.

"Hello, I'm a reporter for XX Weekly."

"I would like to ask, how much money are you going to invest in this project?"

This reporter's question was a little more advanced than just now, and he asked about the substantive content of the low-orbit satellite communication network.

"For the construction of the low-orbit satellite communication network, we plan to invest 10 billion yuan in the first phase of the construction project!"

Sun Hongtao said such an astronomical amount with a calm face, as if he had invested a hundred yuan.

The people present were talking a little more at this time, and everyone had hardly heard such a large amount of money before.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from XX TV."

The third reporter was called up to ask questions.

"What will the first phase of the construction project start and what is the construction goal?"

Compared with the previous two reporters, this reporter was a little more cautious and asked one more question.

However, Sun Hongtao didn't care very much, because these contents were to be made public.

"The first phase of construction will start within next year. The goal of the first phase of the construction project is to build a small-scale experimental satellite communication network. ”

"After the completion of the first phase of construction, there will be 40 satellites in space to serve this communication network."

The number of satellites is not very large, so everyone is not very surprised.

"Hello, what about after the completion of the first phase of the construction project? Will there be Phase II or Phase III? The fourth journalist began to speak.

"There will be, there will be phases 2 and 3. Our ultimate goal is to launch 4,000 low-orbit communications satellites into space. It will be used to build a nationwide satellite communication network. ”

"After the completion of the satellite communication network covering the whole country, as long as it is within the whole country, whether it is a snow-capped mountain or a desert without people, the satellite communication network can be used to make calls!"

After Sun Hongtao launched the country's huge plan for this satellite communication network, the audience was in an uproar!

This plan seems too huge, and people can't help but wonder about the authenticity of this plan, is this a smoke bomb released by the state?!

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