Technology Bigshot

the next day.

At dusk, on the rooftop of the "U"-shaped office building of the matrix technology headquarters, Ren Hong took off again by helicopter and left the company headquarters, flying to Wenchang City.

The reason why Ren Hong went to Wenchang City was because he received the notice of the first phase of the satellite launch.

The major sections of the "Virtual World" project are performing their duties, and they are moving forward steadily step by step. As for the content section, Facebook, the four top game developers and a studio are entering the production stage in full swing, and the hardware laying is also not behind, and everything is implemented according to plan.

It has been nearly half a year since Zhang Han’s trip to Canada in April, and Ren Hong’s trip to Seattle in May. The cooperation between SS/L and Bell Laboratories of the United States, the first phase of the satellite laying task will be completed by the end of this year.

The first laying stage of the "virtual network" starts from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, and the launch mission of the first stage will officially start around 21:00 this evening.

Ren Hong also attached great importance to the launch of the first stage. When he received the news, he put aside other affairs and came to the launch site in person. He has put too much effort into the "Virtual World" project, and the time, manpower, material resources, and financial resources are all unprecedented, and it is impossible not to pay attention to it.

"Open the deputy director! Hello."

"Mr. Ren, nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!"

At this moment, the eastern hemisphere has entered the moonlit night, but the Wenchang launch command center is brightly lit, and all the staff are sticking to their posts. There are still 30 minutes left, and the launch is about to begin. Everyone is tense. The things launched this time are too expensive, so expensive that no one can afford them, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.

"The launch of the satellite is about to start, let's go to the dome observation room." Deputy Director Kai said with a smile, facing Ren Hongyi very enthusiastically.

Matrix technology is a popular presence in the national aerospace field, and even in global aerospace business activities. Nine of the world's top ten aerospace companies are full of envy and hatred for "Laura Space Systems SS/L" being able to take over a super fat order from Matrix Technology, and they are also envied by the nine aerospace companies The target is also "Space Exploration Technology Company SpaceX". Elon Musk is hated by them even more. In addition to drooling over those dollars that have nothing to do with him, he can only secretly hate his bad luck for not being favored by Matrix Technology.

Obviously,

The order released by Matrix Technology is not ordinary fat. He originally wanted to hand over all the launch orders to the National Space Administration, but he could only take half of it.

But even if it's half, for the deputy director Kai, it's a pity that he can't eat everything.

This time, Ren Hong delivered nearly half of the orders to the National Space Administration. The order worth nearly 200 billion yuan is undoubtedly a stimulant, which greatly stimulated the commercialization of the entire National Space Administration in the aerospace industry. One of Matrix Technology The order almost exceeded the sum of the expenses incurred in the commercial launch services in the past, and Deputy Director Kai had no reason not to be enthusiastic about Ren Hong.

In the eyes of outsiders, Matrix Technology can be said to throw money wherever it goes. Any company or institution that has been in contact with Matrix Technology will have a red face. This is a real local tyrant, God of Wealth!

Observe indoors.

Ren Hong and Deputy Director Kai stood side by side in front of the window glass. At the launch site in the distance, a huge launch vehicle towered on the ground, which was very eye-catching under the illumination of lights in the dark night. Local residents and even journalists observed and took pictures in the peripheral area.

The people living around are already very familiar with this situation. This situation shows that another rocket is about to take off. Every time the Wenchang Launch Center launches a rocket, it will be watched by the people. For the local people, the rocket When it is launched into the sky, it is a spectacle that shakes the sky and the earth. I can't get tired of watching it every time. No fireworks are as beautiful as this.

Deputy Director Kai pointed to the rocket on the launch site and said: "This is the latest generation of my country's launch vehicle, the 'Long March-9 Series A' launch vehicle, with a diameter of 9.7 meters, a height of 118 meters, and a take-off mass of 2,890 tons. The capacity can reach 170 tons, the carrying capacity of high-altitude orbit can reach 136 tons, and objects up to 70 tons can be sent to geosynchronous orbit."

Ren Hong nodded silently, and the deputy director was very proud when he revealed this series of data, "'Long March-9 Series A' carrier rocket has reached a world-class leading level, surpassing the famous transporter 'Apollo' in all aspects. Spaceship' of the American 'Saturn series' of launch vehicles."

The "Long March-9 series Class A" carrier rockets also have impressive records. Among them, the only super space station "Tianzhou" currently in orbit was launched with this series of carrier rockets. So far, there has been no accident and it has been recognized by the world. The world is recognized as one of the safest launch vehicles in the world.

The "Long March-9 Series A-class" carrier rocket that is about to be launched into space will carry up to 68 tons of satellites into a synchronous orbit 36,000 kilometers away from the earth.

Strictly speaking, this big guy with an actual mass of 68 tons is not a real satellite. This scary mass is already comparable to a spaceship or a small space station.

In fact, it has its own official name - "Tianqing System".

The launch is "Tianqing-1". In the next half a month, "Tianqing-2" and "Tianqing-3" will be sent to geosynchronous orbit one after another, so as to achieve global coverage. virtual network skeleton.

Every component on the "Tianqing System" is currently the world's top equipment and instrument, which contains the crystallization of technology from more than 20 high-tech companies including Matrix Technology, which is beyond doubt. If the world's first super quantum computer located in the headquarters of Matrix Technology is the mother body of the "virtual world", then the three major "Tianqing systems" that will be sent into space are the daughter bodies.

The reason why the "Tianqing System" has reached an astonishing mass of nearly 70 tons is that a quantum computer designed by D-Wave from Canada occupies nearly 40% of the mass and 55% of the main space. "Tianqing System" is a transfer station and a temporary reserve of temporary data centers responsible for connecting users and terminals around the world. It is known as a "sub-body". A quantum computer is one of the essential cores. In addition, Space signal remote sensing, photon signal data and quantum data conversion, anti-EMP electromagnetic pulse defense system, etc. are countless. "Tianqing System" covers more than 30 cutting-edge technologies of human beings, which can be said to be a collection of the essence of cutting-edge technologies.

The cost of the three major "Tianqing systems" has reached 68 billion U.S. dollars out of the 500 billion U.S. dollar budget of the entire "Virtual World" project, which is almost twice the cost of the other 200 satellites. In the future, matrix technology will be used outside the earth There are nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars in assets in space.

With such a high cost, it is necessary to use the safest and most stable and reliable launch vehicle in the world, otherwise, if the launch fails, even Ren Hong will be bleeding from heartache.

"The countdown to the launch has entered the last minute." Said Deputy Director Kai who accompanied Ren Hong to visit in the observation room. The incomparably huge launch vehicle on the field.

This time the launch mission was directed and led by the director himself. Deputy director Kai has also led many launch missions, and even led the launch mission of the third-level expansion of the "Tianzhou" space station. Deputy director Kai did not lead this time today. The launch mission is more tense than any previous personally led launch.

(To be continued) (To be continued.)