After the communication satellite entered space, it unfolded its four high-power antennas and two solar panels that were originally folded according to predetermined procedures.
The battery pack inside the satellite began to continuously supply power to various communication equipment on the satellite.
Through the high-power antenna on the satellite, the data after self-test is transmitted to the ground.
"What's the status of the satellite?" Sun Hongtao, as the biggest supporter of this project, asked, looking at Zhong Zixin who was still working in an orderly manner.
When this project was established, there were actually not many supporters except Sun Hongtao.
Because it seems too unrealistic and inconsistent with the pace of national development.
If the development fails, Sun Hongtao, as the actual person in charge of the project, may face the biggest Waterloo in his entire career.
This is why he was so anxious to know how the satellite was working after the rocket was successfully launched.
As long as the satellite can work normally, no matter how long its subsequent service life is, Sun Hongtao will have a basis for debate with others.
At least this project has achieved some results!
However, Zhong Zixin devoted himself wholeheartedly to the testing of satellites and did not pay attention to the problems of the leaders around him.
Zhang Xingyang also stared 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 would be really limited, otherwise his data processing speed would definitely be faster than the supercomputer in front of him that was just successfully developed last year!
Seeing that Zhong Zixin was immersed in work and ignored him, Sun Hongtao was not too angry. He had dealt with these weird-tempered scientific researchers all his life.
He also knows that most scientific researchers basically don't pay much attention to other people's voices after entering work mode.
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 our satellite situation?"
Zhang Xingyang can calculate satellite data very quickly, so he can devote some of his energy to answering Sun Hongtao's questions:
"Judging from the satellite data sent back so far, the situation is not bad!"
"Half of the satellites numbered 1 to 15 have completed their posture adjustments and have entered working status."
"The other half of the satellites numbered 16 to 30 are still making some subtle adjustments to their attitude and orbit, but it should not take long to complete and start working soon."
Sun Hongtao felt a little relieved when he heard Zhang Xingyang's optimistic estimate of the satellite situation.
The first batch of satellites were successful, and he wanted to persuade others to continue advancing the plan. That would be much easier, 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 was 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 standing behind him.
Being looked at by a grown man like this, even Zhang Xingyang, who had a very strong heart, felt a little strange, so he asked:
"Is there any problem? My calculation should be correct!"
Who would have thought that at this time, Zhong Zixin looked at Zhang Xingyang very strangely and said:
"how did you do it?"
"I just got the results, are you faster than a computer?"
It turned out that this was the case. Zhang Xingyang was almost shocked by him just now.
After taking a deep breath to calm down, he said:
"I used an estimate. Naturally, it is faster, but the difference is not very big."
Zhang Xingyang made some excuses to cover up his abnormal calculation ability.
However, the few people present were not really particularly concerned about this matter. They just sighed for a moment that Zhang Xingyang had such a good mind, and then continued to talk about the satellite.
"Several satellites that have completed their scheduled procedures have officially entered working status."
Zhong Zixin told the news very seriously to Sun Hongtao, who had been waiting for a long time.
"Does that mean we can make satellite phone calls now?"
In order to confirm the situation of the satellite, Sun Hongtao asked again carefully.
At this time, Zhong Zixin took out a slightly larger-looking phone from his pocket, handed it to Sun Hongtao and said:
"Mr. Sun, you can experiment with this phone."
"This is specially made for satellite communications. After entering the interface, it can display the satellites that can currently be received, and then automatically assign you the satellite with the strongest signal."
Sun Hongtao answered the phone dubiously, and according to Zhong Zixin's statement, brought up the satellite reception interface.
The above shows that the signals of two communication satellites can currently be received, namely the two communication satellites numbered 6 and 11.
After exiting, Sun Hongtao casually dialed the phone number in his office, and there was a beeping sound as the signal connected.
Soon the voice of his second secretary came from the other end of the phone.
Sun Hongtao didn't say much to the other party, but hung up the phone directly.
Although he is quite satisfied with the effect of communication satellites, there are still some things that he doesn't quite understand.
"This is your special satellite phone, but most of our phones now don't have this function, so can't they use satellite communication services?"
It's hard to blame Sun Hongtao for thinking this way. Mobile phones at this time can already be regarded as a luxury product.
A relatively ordinary mobile phone costs several thousand yuan.
You must know that at this time, the monthly salary of an ordinary employee did not exceed 500 yuan.
A mobile phone requires almost an entire year's income of an average person.
As for satellite phones, ordinary people have only seen them in movies and TV series. These cheap phones cost tens of thousands of yuan.
Zhong Zixin smiled at this time and said:
"Mr. Sun, we have considered this problem a long time ago. Now for ordinary people, a phone with satellite function is indeed too luxurious."
"So we have built many large-scale signal repeater stations in densely populated areas."
"When making a phone call, the signal is first transmitted to the repeater station, then transmitted to the satellite, and then transmitted from the satellite to the destination repeater station."
"Of course, this is only the current transition plan, and it is actually in accordance with our plan."
"When the construction of part of the domestic 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 a standard feature of most mobile phones!"
(End of chapter)
