Just when the low-orbit satellite communication network in China is in full swing.

On the other side of the ocean, inside the white house.

An old man with white hair was expertly eating a steak on a plate with a knife and fork while looking at the documents on the table.

"Fernando, have you had any interesting international news lately?"

The old man was looking at the papers while talking to the man standing tall beside him.

The man known as Fernando, after thinking for a while, said with a chuckle:

"There are a few interesting things, I wonder if you're interested?"

The white-haired old man was also a little interested at this time, put down the knife and fork in his hand, and wiped his mouth:

"Oh? Tell me about it! ”

"It is rumored that the dragon country plans to build a network of space satellites to supplement their growing communication needs." Fernando replied to the white-haired old man with a smile.

"Hahaha, Dragon Country!"

"Aren't they an agrarian country, when will they be able to imitate our 'Iridium'!"

The white-haired old man laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

But Fernando only picked up a few nice words, in fact, according to reports from NASA and Laura.

Recently, many breakthroughs have been made in the rocket technology of the Dragon Kingdom, and there has been a significant increase in economy and carrying capacity.

Especially in terms of carrying capacity, according to people from Laura's company, not long ago, the rocket of the Dragon Kingdom put two satellites weighing almost seven tons into the SSTO orbit.

"However, judging from the report given by Laura's company, it seems that their ability has really improved a lot."

As the white-haired old man's personal staff, Fernando still did not hide this news.

"Laura's company?"

The white-haired old man was a little old, and he didn't remember which company it was for a while.

"They just invited you to a charity dinner last week." Fernando reminded the old man very intimately.

"They!"

"They seem to be mainly in the satellite R&D and manufacturing business?"

The white-haired old man was a little uncertain.

"Yes, they just developed two satellites for TV relay transmission." Fernando replied as he briefly introduced Laura's business.

This is also worthy of the money that Laura's company gave itself not long ago.

"The entertainment industry is doing well now, and their business is very good." The white-haired old man said a little indifferently.

"What about Laura's report?"

"Show me where you put it."

Faced with the white-haired old man's request, Fernando thoughtfully pulled a document out of the many documents on the table and placed it in front of the old man.

"Thank you, Fernando."

The white-haired old man smiled and said thank you, and then looked down at the documents.

Perhaps because there is too much aerospace expertise used in the document, the white-haired old man still looks a little struggling.

After a long while, he looked up from the file with a frown, and asked a little disbelievingly:

"Fernando, is it true that everything is written on it?"

Fernando is also not very sure about the truth of this aspect, but knows how to deal with the old man's question:

"Maybe you can make a phone call and ask the director of NASA."

The white-haired old man also nodded at this time: "You're right, you should ask him." ”

A phone call from the White House came into the NASA office without warning.

After waiting for a moment, NASA Administrator Hoffman picked up the phone.

"Hoffman, do you know Laura's company?"

After the white-haired old man connected the phone, he didn't say any more nonsense to the other side, but asked his own questions directly.

As the de facto head of NASA, Hoffman certainly knew about Laura:

"I know that they mainly develop all kinds of communication relay satellites."

"What's wrong with them?"

"I heard that not long ago, the Dragon Kingdom launched two communication satellites they developed?"

Speaking of which, Hoffman had already roughly guessed what the old man wanted to ask about him today.

"Yes, those are two communications satellites in geostationary orbit. The Dragon Kingdom actually used only one rocket to launch two satellites! ”

The white-haired old man didn't particularly understand the aerospace aspect, so he asked with some confusion:

"Is there anything so unusual about this?"

After all, it's just two satellites launched at once, and their own rockets can launch more at once.

"This means that their rocket carrying capacity has been at least doubled compared to before!"

"It also means that they have definitely made a major breakthrough in rocket engines, otherwise their rockets would not have such a big thrust."

Hoffman sees this very clearly, and being able to more than double the thrust of the rocket is definitely not an achievement in other areas.

It must have been a lot of progress in rocket engines!

"You know, rocket engines and missile engines are actually connected to some extent."

At this time, Hoffman broke out an even more exciting news.

The white-haired old man sat up straight and listened to Hoffman's account with a serious expression.

"The earliest rocket engines were all modified from missile engines, so although it is rarely done now, it is still possible to transform rocket engines into missile engines!"

"In other words, you think that the technology of the Dragon Kingdom has made great progress in this regard, especially in terms of missiles, right?"

"Of course I think so, I can take responsibility for every word I say!" Hoffman is also a rectum.

"What do you think of their satellite network plans?"

At this time, the white-haired old man changed the question and continued to ask.

"The satellite communication network looks very good, but with their technical strength, I don't think they will have a chance to build it successfully."

"Our 'Iridium' satellite communication network is actually much larger than their satellite communication network plan!"

"They plan to fill space with thousands of satellites, and our 'Iridium' only needs a few dozen!"

Hoffman, at this time, did not fully tell the truth.

Although it is also a satellite communication network, the gap between the two can be said to be very different.

The reason why the "Iridium" communication network later failed to make ends meet and went bankrupt was largely due to the fact that the number of satellites was too small and the communication quality was too poor!

Why did Zhang Xingyang plan to launch such a large number of satellites in space when he proposed a low-orbit satellite communication network?

To a large extent, it is to improve the communication capabilities of satellites!

"Hahaha, thank you for giving me the answer, Hoffman!"

The white-haired old man, after laughing a few times, said:

"As far as the technology of the dragon people is concerned, they still want to build a satellite communication network?!"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

(End of chapter)