Just as the domestic low-orbit satellite communication network is being launched in full swing.
Across the ocean, inside the white house.
An old man with white hair was looking at the documents on the table while skillfully eating the steak on the plate with a knife and fork.
"Fernando, is there any interesting international news recently?"
While the old man was looking at the documents, he was talking to the man standing tall next to him.
The man named Fernando, after thinking for a while, said with a chuckle:
"There are a few interesting things, I wonder if you are interested?"
The white-haired old man also became a little more interested at this time. He put down the knife and fork in his hand and wiped his mouth:
"Oh? Tell me!"
"It is rumored that the Dragon Kingdom plans to build a space satellite network to assist their increasing communication needs." Fernando answered the white-haired old man with a smile.
"Hahaha, Dragon Kingdom!"
"Aren't they an agricultural country? When will they be able to imitate our 'Iridium Star'!"
The white-haired old man laughed as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
But Fernando just picked up some good words, in fact, based on reports from NASA and Laura.
Dragon Kingdom's rocket technology has made many breakthroughs recently, and its economy and carrying capacity have been greatly increased.
Especially in terms of carrying capacity, according to people from Laura Company, not long ago, Longguoren's rocket launched two satellites with a combined weight of nearly seven tons into the SSTO orbit.
"But judging from the report given by Laura Company, their capabilities seem to have really improved a lot."
As the white-haired old man's personal adviser, Fernando still did not hide the news.
"Laura Company?"
The white-haired old man was a bit old, and he couldn't remember which company it was for a while.
"They just invited you to a charity dinner last week." Fernando reminded the old man thoughtfully.
"They!"
"They seem to be mainly engaged in satellite R&D and manufacturing business?"
The white-haired old man was a little unsure.
"Yes, they just developed two satellites for TV relay transmission not long ago." Fernando answered while briefly introducing the business of Laura Company.
This can be regarded as worthy of the money that Laura’s company gave him not long ago.
"The entertainment industry is developing well now, and their business is very good." The white-haired old man said without caring.
"Where's Laura's company report?"
"Show me where you put it."
Facing the white-haired old man's request, Fernando thoughtfully pulled out a document from among the many documents on the table and placed it in front of the old man.
"Thank you, Fernando."
The white-haired old man smiled, said thank you, and then looked down at the document.
Perhaps it was because too much aerospace expertise was used in the document, but the white-haired old man still looked a little nervous.
After a while, he frowned and looked up from the document, and asked in disbelief:
"Fernando, is everything written on this true?"
Fernando is not sure about the authenticity of this aspect, but he knows how to deal with the old man’s question:
"Maybe you could make a call and ask the administrator of NASA."
The white-haired old man also nodded at this time: "You are right, you should ask him."
A call from the White House came into the NASA office without warning.
After waiting for a short while, NASA Administrator Hoffman answered the phone.
"Hoffman, do you know about Laura Company?"
After the white-haired old man connected the phone, he didn't say any nonsense to the person on the other side, but directly asked his question.
As the actual head of NASA, Hoffman certainly knows about Laura:
"I know that they mainly develop various communication and broadcast satellites."
"What happened to them?"
"I heard that not long ago, Longguo launched two communication satellites they developed?"
Speaking of this matter, Hoffman had roughly guessed what the old man wanted to ask him today.
"Yes, those are two communication satellites in geostationary orbit. Long Guo actually used only one rocket to launch the two satellites!"
The white-haired old man didn't know much about aerospace, so he asked with some confusion:
"Is there anything very strange about this?"
After all, they only launched two satellites at once, and their own rockets can launch more at once.
"This means that their rocket carrying capacity has at least doubled compared to before!"
"This means that they have definitely made a major breakthrough in rocket engines, otherwise their rockets would not have such a large thrust."
Hoffman sees this very clearly. Being able to more than double the thrust of a rocket is definitely not an achievement achieved in other aspects.
There must be great progress being made in rocket engines!
"You know, rocket engines and missile engines are actually connected to some extent."
At this time, Hoffman broke even more exciting news.
The white-haired old man sat up straight and listened to Hoffman's narration 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 Longguo's technology has made great progress in this area, especially in missiles, right?"
"Of course I think so, I can be responsible for every word I say!" Hoffman is also a straight person.
"What do you think of their satellite communication network plan?"
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 have a chance to build it successfully."
"Our 'Iridium' satellite communication network is much more practical than their satellite communication network plan!"
"They actually plan to fill the space with tens of thousands of satellites, while our 'Iridium' only needs a few dozen!"
At this time, Hoffman was not completely telling the truth.
Although they are both satellite communication networks, the gap between the two is huge.
Why the "Iridium" communication network later failed to make ends meet was largely due to the small number of satellites and poor communication quality!
Why did Zhang Xingyang plan to launch so many 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 clarifying my doubts, Hoffman!"
The white-haired old man laughed a few times and said:
"With the technology of the people from the Dragon Kingdom, they still want to build a satellite communication network?!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
(End of chapter)
