Slender and tall rocket, erected on the launch site.

This launch is very special, it is the first launch since the launch of the Wenchang launch site.

It is also the hundredth launch of the low-orbit satellite communication system project.

After nearly three years of construction, the construction of the first launch site of the Wenchang launch center has been completed.

Officially put into use.

This is the closest launch site to the sea.

Today, the hundredth launch mission of the low-orbit satellite communication system.

It will take place at this launch site.

The sea breeze is slightly cool, but the temperature in the South China Sea in February is pleasant.

Especially when there is a cool breeze blowing from the sea.

It's a bit of a thing to forget that further north, it's still the season of ice and snow.

"How's the preparation for the launch mission?"

Zhang Xingyang asked while throwing the down jacket he had held in his hand onto the sofa in the office.

"It's been prepared for a long time, and now it's just waiting for the launch time."

"For the first two days, there was a lot of wind blowing at sea."

"Due to meteorological conditions, we are considering postponing the launch to the day after tomorrow."

Geng Bo first answered Zhang Xingyang's question seriously, and then said with a smile:

"Brother Xingyang, it feels good to go to the north this time."

"Don't say it, it almost killed me."

Zhang Xingyang rubbed his brows, soothing his nerves that had become a little tense after working for a long time.

"You don't know the climate on the plateau."

"It's minus twenty or thirty degrees, and it's still windy."

"There wasn't even a house, everyone lived in tents."

Geng Bo said in disbelief: "Then you were still smiling so happily just now?" ”

"Is there one?"

Zhang Xingyang himself didn't know that when he first walked into the office, he had a very rare smile on his face.

"Maybe the climate in the South China Sea is more comfortable."

"By the way, I'll get a mission back this time."

"Do you want to leave it to you?"

Geng Bo hurriedly shook his head:

"Don't, I'm busy enough now."

He is now also responsible for several different projects, such as the follow-up work of the Haihongqi missile on board and the improvement of rocket artillery.

and the most important low-orbit satellite launch mission, in most cases now, Geng Bo is presiding over the launch work.

"Where is this?"

"It's not that complicated, so you should just relax."

Zhang Xingyang took a glass of water from the water dispenser for himself, and said after drinking it with a clatter.

"Only you can say that you can treat the task as relaxing."

Geng Bo complained weakly.

However, he also saw that the difficulty of this task should not be very great.

So I didn't really intend to refuse, just a little bit of hi with Zhang Xingyang.

After all, the two of them can be regarded as the best brothers.

"Okay."

"I took the task."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Remember the spacesuits we developed specifically for the manned space program?"

Geng Bo didn't need to recall, and the set of mecha that looked basically untouched with a traditional spacesuit appeared in his mind.

"Remember, what's wrong?"

Geng Bo asked with some incomprehension after recalling it for a moment.

"The Army values his battlefield capabilities so much that they want to make a simplified version."

Zhang Xingyang sat next to Geng Bo, patted his thigh and said:

"Take your time and make a prototype come out."

"That thing isn't cheap, even if it's a simplified version, it's estimated to be millions!"

Geng Bo was a little surprised to hear this, although he didn't have a high presence in that project.

But there are not many things to know, especially his almost sky-high cost.

"They now want to make a set of tests according to the budget of 3.5 million."

"I did the math, in fact, according to the requirements of the army, it is only necessary to retain the exoskeleton system that provides strength and power, as well as the weapon system that provides firepower."

"In this case, more than three million should be almost enough."

"How's that, are you interested?"

To say that Geng Bo is not interested at all is impossible.

What boy hasn't thought about making a set of mecha by himself?

It's just that others don't have the technology and funds, and now these two things are almost at his fingertips.

If Zhang Xingyang didn't have so much time to do this, it probably wouldn't have fallen into his hands.

"Of course I'm interested."

"Do they have any specific requests?"

The military's power requirements and firepower requirements may be a little different from what they have made before.

That's why Geng Bo asked.

They may not pursue such a long battery life, but instead require the power of the exoskeleton to be explosive in a short period of time.

This is also to be able to burst out at a critical time and give the enemy a fatal blow.

Especially in terms of firepower, the weapons they use are not very compatible with the military's weapon systems.

"They didn't ask for anything, but I did have a few things in mind."

Although Zhang Xingyang's words were a little surprising, Geng Bo had long been accustomed to him.

"What a request."

"First of all, in terms of power, it is better to be able to have two different modes, long endurance mode and high burst mode."

"The second reason is that they may need to face the muzzle of the enemy's gun, they need full body protection, and they need to have a bullet resistance that can withstand 7.62mm rifle rounds at close range."

"Finally, weapon systems need to be able to be replaced modularly."

"Is there a problem?"

Geng Bo thought about it for a while, the change of power mode can be achieved by changing the output, and the ballistic performance is also simple, just add bulletproof plates directly, the weight of the exoskeleton is strong enough, and two bulletproof plates can be added in each place.

Only modular weapon systems are slightly more difficult, after all, this area has not been touched.

"It will take a little time."

"It's not that difficult, though."

"That'll do it, then I'll leave this matter to you."

After Zhang Xingyang finished speaking, he yawned.

"When will the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new launch site begin?"

After all, this time it was the first launch site of the Wenchang launch base to be officially put into use, so a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the first use of the launch site.

Geng Bo glanced at the watch on his wrist:

"The ribbon-cutting time is at ten o'clock, and there is still an hour and a half."

"Then I'll rest for an hour, and you'll call me later."

Zhang Xingyang said as he lay down on the sofa.

In the past few days, I basically didn't have much rest.

And this morning was almost the first flight, from the north to the south.

On the plane, I didn't have much rest.

At this moment, I really can't stand it.

As soon as Zhang Xingyang lay down, Geng Bo heard a slight snoring.

When he was in college, he was roommates with Zhang Xingyang, and he still knew a lot about his sleeping habits.

If he wasn't really tired to a certain extent, he wouldn't make a sound at all when he slept.

Geng Bo shook his head, walked out of the office gently, and helped him close the door as well.

There are still a lot of things to do at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new base, and he needs to check it out.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the ribbon-cutting ceremony officially began.

The biggest leader present was Zhang Xingyang.

So he didn't say anything long, after briefly talking about the future goals of the Wenchang launch base.

This concludes this statement.

It made the reporters who came to the scene feel a little uncomfortable.

Clusters of colorful fireworks exploded in front of the central control building of the launch base.

Celebrating the completion of the first ultra-low latitude seaside launch site.

Although this time it was just a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony, the reporters present still had a lot of questions and wanted to ask.

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am a reporter from the southern metropolis."

"I heard that at the Wenchang launch base, you can watch the rocket launch process, is it true?"

A male reporter with his hair combed on his back took the lead in asking a question that everyone was more concerned about.

After all, many of the media present were small and medium-sized media, and they were not qualified to directly report on the rocket launch.

Basically, you can only cut out a part of the picture from it after the broadcast of the central mother and use it as your own news source.

"Yes, the rocket launch at the Wenchang launch base can be watched from the sidelines."

"But you can only watch it in the designated place."

"It's also for everyone's safety."

After Zhang Xingyang answered the other party's question, he added by the way.

This is also to prevent fanatics from sneaking around the launch site.

This could cause them personal injury and seriously interfere with the launch of the rocket.

Next, Zhang Xingyang answered a few ideas, such as the 100th Earth orbit satellite launch mission. How did you feel at the Wenchang launch base for the first time, and so on.

This time, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is basically over.

However, although the ribbon-cutting ceremony was over, most of the reporters did not leave.

They also have another mission, that is, to broadcast the first launch mission of the Wenchang launch base on the spot.

Two days later, the weather was clear, and there were hardly any white clouds in the sky, which was a good day for a satellite launch.

The 70-meter-tall Hongyan rocket was transported from the sea early and was ready to launch on the launch pad.

This time it was a four-handed rocket that had already flown three missions.

The rocket recovery technology of the Rocket Research Institute is basically mature, and the success rate of recovery is maintained at more than 90 percent.

After so many launch missions, only one failed in total.

"Audience friends in front of the TV, we can see that behind us is the Hongyan rocket that is about to carry out the 100th low-orbit communication satellite launch mission!"

On the beach, a few kilometers away from the launch site, a large group of reporters and photographers are broadcasting the Hongyan rocket that is about to take off.

"It is reported that this is the fourth launch mission of this rocket."

"At present, the land recovery scheme adopted by the Hongyan rocket is at the first level in the world."

"But four uses is not the limit of this type of rocket."

"In the past launch mission, there was once a Hongyan rocket that created a miracle of nine reuses!"

The hostess with fluffy hair talked eloquently in front of the camera, introducing everyone to the excellence of Hongyan Rocket.

"It is reported that the recovery scheme adopted by the Hongyan rocket has no other successful cases in the world."

"At present, only China has successfully applied this technology."

Along with the live broadcast of rocket launches from various TV stations on the beach, time passed minute by minute.

Soon came the time for the launch of the rocket.

I saw that blue flames erupted from the bottom of the rocket, slowly pushing the heavy rocket into the sky.

"Audience friends, we can see that the rocket has now begun to be launched."

"The thrust system used by the Hongyan rocket is a rare multi-engine parallel system in the world."

"It can provide more than 1,000 tons of thrust for rockets, and easily push rockets weighing hundreds of tons into space!"

The host on the beach, despite the constant roar of the rocket engine in the distance, faithfully introduced the situation of the Hongyan rocket to everyone.

The rocket quickly turned into a meteor on the horizon, and only a small dot could be seen flying in the sky.

Then a small dot, which quickly splits into two.

One of them flew in the opposite direction.

Such a peculiar phenomenon instantly aroused the attention of the audience in front of the TV.

At this time, the photographer also shifted the lens to a small point flying in the opposite direction in time.

"You may not know that this is a unique first-stage rocket recovery technology in China."

"After the first stage of the rocket has completed separation, it will start their engines again and return to the recovery site on their own."

"At present, this technology is the first of its kind in the world."

"And in the end, this move will reduce the cost of rocket launch to half!"

"It is also because of this technology that our low-orbit satellite communication project can be carried out smoothly."

In the flight control center, everyone's mood was very calm.

After all, such launch missions have been carried out hundreds of times, and it is difficult to have any more passion.

"The satellite was successfully put into orbit!"

"It's being connected to the satellite communications network."

The launch of the satellite into orbit went smoothly and there were no surprises.

"After this launch, we have almost 3,500 communications satellites in space."

Geng Bo said to Zhang Xingyang, who was still looking at the satellite situation displayed on the big screen in front of him.

"The second phase of the low-orbit satellite communication system project is about to complete the networking, right?"

"There are still 500 units left, and it is expected that the construction of the second phase of the project will be completed in 14 launch missions."

Zhang Xingyang took Geng Bo's words and said what he didn't say.

"Brother Xingyang, I don't know if you've heard of it?" Geng Bo asked, squirming.

"Heard of what?"

Zhang Xingyang didn't know what Geng Bo wanted to say.

"Internationally, there is now a lot of opinion about our satellite communication system!"

Zhang Xingyang had already anticipated this matter before the project began.

After all, such a situation has not occurred in later generations.

So he didn't really care.

Just asked lightly:

"What did they say?"

"They say that we are seriously occupying space orbital resources, which is a big obstacle to other countries using space."

Geng Bo frowned, and said as if he was a little angry.

"We reported it in advance with the International Telecommunication Union, and their accusations are not valid!"

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