After the communications satellite went into space, it unfolded its four high-power antennas and two solar wings, which were originally in a folded state, according to a predetermined program.

The battery pack inside the satellite begins to continuously supply power to the various communication devices on the satellite.

Through the high-power antenna on the satellite, the self-test data is transmitted to the ground.

"What about the satellite?" Sun Hongtao, who is the biggest supporter of this project, looked at Zhong Zixin, who was still working in an orderly manner, and asked.

When this project was established, there were actually not many supporters other than Sun Hongtao.

Because it seems too unrealistic to fit the pace of national development.

If the development fails, Sun Hongtao, as the actual leader of the project, may face the biggest Waterloo of his entire career.

This is also the reason why he was so anxious to know how the satellite was working after the successful launch of the rocket.

As long as the satellite can work normally, no matter how long its subsequent service life can last, Sun Hongtao has a basis for debating with others.

At least the project has achieved some results!

However, Zhong Zixin devoted himself to the test of the satellite, and did not pay attention to the problems of the big leaders around him.

Zhang Xingyang also looked intently at the various data on the screen in front of Zhong Zixin, silently calculating in his mind while watching.

In fact, if Zhang Xingyang didn't have two electronic eyes, the speed of browsing with the naked eye was really limited, otherwise his data processing speed would definitely be faster than the supercomputer that was successfully developed last year!

Seeing that Zhong Zixin, who was immersed in work, ignored himself, Sun Hongtao was not too angry, and dealt with these eccentric scientific research workers for a lifetime.

He also knows that most scientific researchers, after entering the working state, basically do not pay much attention to the voices of others.

So he then asked Zhang Xingyang on the side, wanting to know what he thought about the satellite situation:

"Xiao Zhang, what do you think of the situation with our satellite?"

Zhang Xingyang's calculation speed of satellite data is very fast, so he can also devote part of his energy to answering Sun Hongtao's question:

"Judging from the satellite data that has been transmitted so far, the situation is not bad!"

"Half of the satellites numbered 1 to 15 have completed the adjustment of their attitude and have entered the working state."

"The other half of the satellites, numbered 16 to 30, are still making some minor adjustments to their attitudes and orbits, but it should not take long to complete them, and they will be able to start working soon."

Sun Hongtao heard Zhang Xingyang's optimistic estimate of the satellite situation, and only then did he relax a little.

The success of the first satellites would have made it easier for him to convince others to move forward with the project, at least not so many people would question the technology.

However, Sun Hongtao still has some questions about the specific situation of the satellite, and he is just about to ask again.

At this time, Zhong Zixin, who was in charge of satellite monitoring, turned his head in surprise and looked at Zhang Xingyang who was standing behind him.

Being looked at like this by a big man, even Zhang Xingyang, who has a very strong heart, felt a little weird, so he asked:

"What's the problem, I should be right!"

Who would have thought that at this time, Zhong Zixin looked at Zhang Xingyang very strangely and said:

"How did you do that?"

"I just got the results, you're faster than the computer?"

It turned out to be this thing, Zhang Xingyang was almost startled by him just now.

After taking a deep breath and taking a breath, he said:

"I use estimates, so naturally I use them faster, but the gap is not very big."

Zhang Xingyang made a slight excuse to hide his not very normal computing ability.

However, a few people present didn't really care about this matter, but after a little sigh that Zhang Xingyang's brain was really good, they continued to talk about the satellite.

"Several satellites, which have now completed the scheduled procedures, have officially entered the working state."

Zhong Zixin told the news very seriously to Sun Hongtao, who had been waiting for a long time.

"So we can make satellite calls now?"

In order to make sure that the situation of the satellite was clear, Sun Hongtao asked carefully again.

At this time, Zhong Zixin took out a slightly larger looking phone from his clothes pocket, handed it to Sun Hongtao and said:

"Elder Sun, you can experiment with this phone."

"This is specially made for satellite communication, and after entering the interface, it can display the satellites that can be received at the moment, and then automatically assign the satellite with the strongest signal."

Sun Hongtao took the phone suspiciously, and according to Zhong Zixin's statement, called up the interface of the satellite reception.

It shows that two communications satellites are currently able to receive signals, namely 6 and 11.

After exiting, Sun Hongtao casually dialed the phone in his office, and there was a dripping sound when the signal was connected.

Soon the voice of his second secretary came from the other end of the phone.

Sun Hongtao didn't say anything too much to the other party, but hung up the phone directly.

Although he was satisfied with the effect of the communication satellite, there were still some things that he did not understand too well.

"This is your special satellite phone, but most of your phones don't have this function now, so they can't use satellite communication services?"

It's no wonder that Sun Hongtao has such an idea, at this time, a mobile phone can already be regarded as a luxury.

A relatively ordinary mobile phone costs thousands of yuan.

You must know that at this time, the monthly salary of an ordinary worker does not exceed 500 yuan.

A mobile phone costs almost an average person's income for an entire year.

As for satellite phones, ordinary people have only seen them in film and television dramas, and these kinds of phones are cheap and cost tens of thousands of yuan.

Zhong Zixin smiled at this time and said:

"Elder Sun, we have long considered this problem, and now for ordinary people, a phone with a direct satellite function is indeed too luxurious."

"So we have also built a lot of large-scale signal forwarding stations in densely populated areas."

"When making a call, the signal is first transmitted to the relay station, then to the satellite, and then from the satellite to the destination relay station."

"Of course, this is only the current transition plan, in fact, according to our plan."

"When the construction of the domestic part of the satellite communication network is completed, the miniaturization of satellite communication components will be completed."

"By that time, the satellite communication function of mobile phones will become the standard function of most mobile phones!"

(End of chapter)