Early summer and June are the time when the heat is rising.
The Rocket Research Institute is also working hard on rocket recovery technology and strives to increase the rocket recovery rate to 100%.
Chen Zhongyan brought good news that not many people knew yet.
In the reception room of the institute, the main person in charge of the Rocket Research Institute and Chen Zhongyan were together.
This time Chen Zhongyan came over, there were two main things related to the Rocket Research Institute.
"The first phase of the Beidou construction project will start soon, and the launch of the first satellite will probably still fall on you."
Chen Zhongyan said calmly after taking a sip of tea.
This matter was originally a matter of little suspense. Currently, in terms of rocket load capacity and cost, there are few domestic rocket research institutes that can match it.
Not to mention the "Hongyan" rocket newly developed by the Rocket Research Institute, the Long 3B rocket developed previously is the one that stands out among the others in the country.
Because the three satellites of the Beidou Phase I project are all geostationary satellites with an altitude of 36,000KM.
This places high demands on the rocket's GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) carrying capacity.
After all, the satellite must be launched into the GTO orbit by a rocket before it can be transferred to the geostationary orbit by its own power.
The GTO capacity of the Changsanyi rocket is 5.2 tons, which can relatively easily push Beidou satellites into the GTO orbit.
As for the GTO transport capacity of the "Hongyan" rocket, it is even more exaggerated, reaching an incredible 10.3 tons!
That is to say, the "Hongyan" rocket can be used to launch two Beidou navigation satellites at one time.
This is much better than the long triple B rocket in terms of construction speed and launch economy.
Of course, although the "Hongyan" rocket has just undergone an experimental launch, the specific safety remains to be considered.
In any case, Changsanyi has carried out two actual satellite launches, and except for the first launch, the success rate of the subsequent launches is 100%!
"How will the first phase of the Beidou project be launched? Will it be launched one by one, or should it be launched all at once?"
Zhang Xingyang asked this critical question, which is related to the selection of rockets and the construction cycle.
"Our current plan is to launch two satellites first, and the third one will be adjusted based on the operation of the first two satellites."
The construction plan for the first phase of the Beidou project is still relatively conservative. There is no direct intention to launch three satellites at once.
Although launching three satellites at one time can quickly complete the first phase of the Beidou project, there is almost no room for adjustment in the entire project.
Moreover, the first phase of Beidou itself is an exploratory verification project. If it is completed at one time, the opportunity for verification will almost be lost.
"Would you like to consider the 'Hongyan' rocket? It's cheap!"
Now that he had the opportunity, Zhang Xingyang took advantage of the opportunity to promote the newly developed "Hongyan" rocket.
"What is your current launch cost approximately?"
Chen Zhongyan is also really interested in the "Hongyan" rocket. After all, he gave the name of this model of rocket.
If the cost of the "Hongyan" rocket is really low enough, he wouldn't mind giving it a try.
"The current price of the brand-new Hongyan rocket is 45 million for one launch."
"The second-hand price, because the rocket recovery has not been successful, the cost has not been officially calculated, but it is expected that the cost will not exceed 38 million."
The cost of the Hongyan rocket is actually about the same as that of the Changsha 3B rocket, but the carrying capacity of the Hongyan rocket exceeds that of the Changsha 3B rocket by a large margin.
Moreover, the Hongyan rocket also has the advantages of non-toxic and recyclable fuel.
Therefore, based on these advantages, Chen Zhongyan is still somewhat excited. Although the Hongyan rocket has not yet conducted a real launch mission, its advantages are enough to take some risks.
"This matter can only be finalized after we go back and discuss it with everyone."
"However, the Hongyan Rockets' advantages are so obvious, the possibility of selecting him is quite high."
Chen Zhongyan did not speak too fully, but left some room for himself.
"There's one more thing I'm going to do this time, and you should have guessed it."
After talking about the Beidou satellite launch rocket, Chen Zhongyan talked about the main purpose of coming to the Rocket Research Institute this time.
"The plan for building a low-orbit satellite communication system has been initially approved."
As soon as Mr. Chen said this, everyone in the conference room looked happy.
If this plan is approved, the Rocket Research Institute will not only be able to get enough launch mission orders, but also have enough opportunities to improve the Hongyan rocket.
And in the process of this construction plan, the reputation of the Rocket Research Institute can be made public!
"At present, you are the first to know about this news."
Mr. Chen said with squinted eyes after taking a puff of cigarette.
"But in a little while, this news will be announced smoothly when the National Internet Information Center is established."
"It can also be regarded as strengthening everyone's confidence in the country's Internet construction."
"The superiors have made great efforts to promote this matter this time, and the initial construction investment has reached 10 billion!"
This number is indeed a bit astonishing. After all, the purchasing power of domestic currency is still very strong at this time.
The monthly income of ordinary people generally does not exceed 500 yuan, and the annual income of a normal peasant family does not exceed 1,000 yuan.
Therefore, it takes a lot of courage to devote so many resources to the construction of low-orbit satellite communication networks.
Once this project fails, a large number of people will be responsible.
"Have you disclosed the contents of the initial construction?"
As an important proposer of the entire project, Zhang Xingyang is very concerned about the specific conditions of the initial construction.
After all, from the content of the first phase of construction, we can see how determined the authorities are for the entire project.
"The first phase of construction is mainly based on demonstration experiments, and the main content is the research and development and manufacturing of communication satellites and rockets."
"Of course, because your rocket development work is relatively smooth and the satellite research and development work has not yet started, you will be under less pressure."
"The construction plan initially discussed above is to carry out the construction of an experimental satellite communication network within next year, and install forty satellites for networking experiments."
"This little transport capacity shouldn't be a problem for you. You can launch them all in one launch mission."
Chen Zhongyan revealed a little bit about the planning of the low-orbit satellite communication network. Although not many satellites were installed in the initial construction, it was only an experimental local area network after all.
And the area that such a network can cover is actually very limited.
(End of chapter)
