This star is going to the moon

Chapter 534 The sun has set; the era of direct satellite connection via mobile phone is coming.
This has caused quite a stir...

[It's true, that lettuce livestreamer wanted to get rid of Tesla, but unexpectedly ended up getting rid of the old queen instead.]

This person has been in power for quite a while and has witnessed many changes in the international landscape.

[Actually, I also witnessed the changes in Daiying herself. When she was born, Daiying was at the beginning of her decline, but she was indeed still quite prosperous.]

Indeed, take the navy that Britain is so proud of. It was this that made it the "empire on which the sun never sets." In the early 20th century, when the British navy held naval reviews, you could see a dense array of warships. Now, it can't even gather enough escort warships for an aircraft carrier, and it has to borrow warships from other countries when it goes out to sea.

[Haha, that's true. Before, Ying wanted to send a carrier strike group to the Pacific to show off their power, but they couldn't even gather enough destroyers. They had to borrow three from other countries, and the ships broke down as soon as they set sail.]

[Now they're really pushing it. They say they have two aircraft carriers, but they have too many minor problems. At most, they can only guarantee one can go out, and they don't even have fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft; they can only bring helicopters.]

[Tsk tsk tsk, how did my once mighty British Empire become like this?]

[Ha, your British Empire is now in decline, but the good news is they didn't actually have a prince who reigned for seventy years; he was officially recognized after just over sixty.]

[Ha, this is really good news for the prince.]

[Have you no compassion at all? This is the passing of a royal queen; your mockery is a disgrace to our nation! Disgusting! Rude!]

【? 】

[Phew, they're finally here. I thought there wouldn't be any idiots this time.]

[They must be very busy, having gone to offline funerals and flower offerings. They only have time to go online now.]

[Haha, what are we waiting for? Let's start the war!]

My keyboard is itching for a fore…

This is the state of the Chinese internet environment. Even though this 22-year cycle is much better than the previous one, there are still a large number of people who idolize foreign things.

After all, the same thing happened in the previous two or five years.

China's GDP is far surpassed by India's, and it can only deploy one of its two aircraft carriers. It still can't muster enough warships to go out and show off its power.

The so-called fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft on our own aircraft carriers are actually managed by the US; they even have to apply in advance for permission to use them.

China has not only showcased several sixth-generation fighter jets, but also conducted the first electromagnetic catapult launch of a fifth-generation stealth fighter jet on its supercarrier, and its GDP remains the second largest in the world.

However, in some people's eyes, this is still not as good as a pile of foreign history.

This "foreign country" is not limited to developed countries; any country, no matter how remote, can be used to belittle China.

But no matter what these idiots say, China has been making progress and is already a guest of honor in the developed countries and civilized world that those idiots talk about.

This year's International Astronautical Congress was held in the capital of France. China's overall space capabilities are now tied with the United States for first place, and in some areas, China is far ahead. If China hadn't participated, this International Astronautical Congress would have been a complete failure.

Therefore, several months ago, the organizers actively invited official space agencies and private space companies from Laos and China to participate, giving the impression that "if you don't come to participate, this International Astronautical Congress will not be held."

After all, it was announced two months ago that this year's "World Space Award" team would be awarded to the Tianwen-1 team, and the award would be presented at the International Astronautical Congress.

Moreover, according to the plan, the Chinese government should release a lot of information related to the manned lunar landing, which is something that people all over the world love to see.

In addition, there are commercial spaceflight forces led by Lu Yun.

In the current global commercial space industry, Lu Yun's Bluestar Space is undoubtedly number one. However, within China, Lu Yun is no longer the only one. In addition to Bluestar Space, there are now two other companies with liquid reusable rockets and two other companies with fast-response solid rockets.

China's commercial space industry is now the strongest in the world, with many lesser-known companies in addition to the five most representative ones.

The world's second strongest is the United States, most famous for Elon Musk's SpaceX. Following that is Rocket Lab, whose Electron rocket has already successfully entered orbit.

There are also plans for recycling and reuse in the future.

However, its payload capacity is very small, with a low Earth orbit capacity of only 300 kilograms.

But this is already the second company among the new commercial space forces in the United States to have an orbital rocket.

As for the more famous Blue Origin, run by the world's richest man, bald Jeff Bezos, although its 7-meter diameter New Glenn rocket has very high specifications, it has not yet made its maiden flight.

There are other commercial space companies, but their rockets are all "under development".

Space enthusiasts feel they need to step up their efforts; if they haven't successfully launched a rocket in another year or two, the global commercial space industry landscape will be set.

In addition, the US also has United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, which also has several rockets capable of reaching orbit, with a fairly high success rate.

However, because it has been so closely integrated with NASA for so long, many people equate it with a "state-owned enterprise".

The main problem is that they are too traditional. Not only are the rockets they use traditional, but the SLS rocket they built for Artemis's return to the moon program is also traditional.

The SLS rocket, in particular, was so traditional that its technology was outdated; it couldn't even handle the readily available Space Shuttle technology!
Therefore, space enthusiasts do not recognize them as new-era commercial space companies, but rather as waste that should be swept into the dustbin of history.

Lu Yun felt the same way.

He felt that only Elon Musk's SpaceX was somewhat interesting to the Americans, since China was competing with the US not only in manned lunar landing programs but also in space-based internet.

Both China and the United States have plans to deploy large-scale space-based internet constellations with tens of thousands of satellites.

While the US was just launching Starlink satellites with inter-satellite laser links, China was already preparing space-based internet satellites that could be directly connected to mobile phones.

While the first-generation satellites can now be directly connected to mobile phones, this is limited to smartphones equipped with special antennas; not all smartphones can connect.

But the first-generation node satellite was different. It increased from 300 kg to 800 kg, making it larger and allowing for more powerful antennas!
Transmitting signals definitely requires an antenna. Since mobile phones don't need to install an additional antenna, it's natural to enhance the satellite's antenna!

That's what node satellites do!

After filming "Where the Wind Blows" for half a month, Rowoon took leave to attend the International Astronautical Congress in Paris.

The company's people arrived there early. He was traveling with senior officials from the National Space Administration. On the plane, he chatted with the person in charge of the "Star Dou" satellite and learned about the general situation.

Although Bluestar Aerospace also participated in the research and development and manufacturing of the "Star Dou" satellite, Lu Yun was quite busy during this period and didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, the old Chinese in this life have not fallen behind in the field of "space internet constellations"; on the contrary, they have taken the lead, so Lu Yun is not in a hurry.

Knowing that the first-generation node satellite would be announced at this International Astronautical Congress, Lu Yun felt even more at ease.

Moreover, in order to help Huayao mobile phones get out of the shadow of being blocked, the technology of adding special antennas to mobile phones to achieve satellite communication has now been developed for several generations.

Now that smartphone direct connection technology is available, these technologies can basically be "obsolete".

Interestingly, the Ping An Apple 14 mobile phone, which was just released a few days ago, is the first to be equipped with a special antenna to support satellite communication.

Its release date is during this International Astronautical Congress.

This is going to be funny.

(End of this chapter)