Chapter 1724 Returning Home

One thousand two hundred and one satellites.

That is one thousand two hundred and one garbage sources.

The general way to deal with scrapped satellites is to send them upwards to a graveyard orbit about 200km higher than the original orbit to give up precious synchronous orbital resources.

Satellites that have completed their missions will be abandoned there, forever wandering in the starry sky, watching over the small blue planet.

At the beginning, the huge idea of ​​launching 42,000 communication satellites outside the atmosphere of the blue planet so that humans can directly access the Internet without relying on ground base stations was proposed by Mask. It was immediately touted as an Internet technology comparable to 5G, or even surpassing 6G. Telecom operators in various countries are about to decline.

However, what no one expected is that Starlink satellites have not yet reached the network speed of 5G communication, and even the network speed of 4G communication is better than it, but its cost is higher than both 4G and 5G communication.

According to Mask's idea, the Starlink satellites can provide low-cost Internet connection services worldwide. Even if users are in the north and south, or in uninhabited places such as the Brazilian tropical jungle and the Sahara Desert, as long as they set up the Starlink receiver, they can access the Internet as quickly as in the city.

It is equivalent to SpaceX setting up a flying router in the outer space of the Blue Planet to cover the entire Blue Planet with WIFI wireless network. As long as people are on the Blue Planet, there will be network signals and freedom to access the Internet.

So far, Starlink satellites have provided Internet access services to millions of users in many countries such as Uncle Sam, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.

When Gu Qing and Li Jian took a little time to negotiate the handling of satellites in the space orbit, many corporate executives and business elites on the Blue Planet could not care about Jiuzhou Technology's moon landing at all, but held their mobile phones and "spoke wildly".

"Fuck! I don't want to hear you say there's a problem with the satellite. I just want to know when I can use Starlink!"

"Finally, Watmar, I finally got through. Do you know how difficult it is to get through in this desert? If it weren't for the satellite communication for mobile phones this summer, fuck! You're a customer service of SpaceX. Tell me, when can the Starlink system be repaired?!"

A few years ago, when the Starlink project sent a test invitation to users who made reservations, the invitation included a fee schedule, with an estimated speed of 50Mbps to 150Mbps, an estimated delay of 20ms to 40ms, a terminal fee of $499, and a monthly fee of $99. The email reminded that "the network may be disconnected."

After years of upgrades, the download speed of Starlink satellite Internet service can exceed 300 Mbps in places with better networks.

However, after the Internet speed is optimized, the network connection interruption problem of the Starlink system is still a difficult problem.

According to reports, there is a more than 74% chance that the Starlink signal will be interrupted, and Starlink users "encounter harmful interference" more than 77% of the time throughout the day.

Some experts say that this is because the frequency band of Starlink overlaps with the frequency band used by American Satellite Broadcasting Corporation for ground 5G communication services. Both are the same 12GHz, which will interfere with the reception of Starlink signals.

But fearing this, Starlink also has the advantage of "free Internet access".

However, today, on June 9th of the Xia Yin calendar, after a few failures of the Starlink satellite, the entire system began to shut down, like a drop of ink contaminating a glass of water.

No Starlink user can use their Starlink signal receiver to surf the Internet.

Many of these users do not care about the moon landing or aerospace high-tech. They care about their own careers, their own project progress, and their own lives!

After the network interruption problem of Starlink, some people skillfully picked up their Xiawei mobile phones, Honor mobile phones or other Daxia brand mobile phones that support satellite communications and began to greet their exclusive customer service and Starlink customer service.

Tens of thousands of Starlink satellites fill the space orbit. In the history of human spaceflight, there has never been so many satellites running at the same time.

At present, SpaceX has not announced any effective recovery technology to recover Starlink satellites.

These satellites move around the blue planet at high speed, flying 7.9 kilometers per second. As long as they lose control, they can easily destroy other spacecraft in orbit.

Now, Jiuzhou Technology has taught SpaceX how to deal with "faulty" Starlink satellites, which is to shift orbits and start a rapid descent towards a large area of ​​the blue planet.

The atmosphere will help burn away the garbage. If there are some hardware debris that are not burned away by the atmosphere, they will eventually fall on this blue planet area and will not affect ordinary people in other countries and regions.

Of course, it will not affect Jiuzhou Technology's lunar landing spacecraft and lunar exploration spacecraft's journey home.

Sitting in the special seat of the return capsule of the lunar landing spacecraft, Captain Zhou Jianwen verified his information again.

[Fingerprint verification successful, voiceprint verification successful, Sinan will guide you]

After checking the instruments and software programs with the team members again, Zhou Jianwen finally glanced at the seat belts around him.

Huh...

He did not look back, but directly said in the voice channel: "We are about to enter the return landing orbit, are you ready?"

Li Ying and Liu Genghong did not make any other moves after hearing this.

But their voices were heard in the voice channel.

"I'm ready!"X2

"Okay, let's go home!"

Zhou Jianwen took a deep breath, and then said in the public channel: "Command Center, Command Center, this is the lunar spacecraft, this is the lunar spacecraft, I am Zhou Jianwen.

We have been prepared according to the established plan."

Jiuzhou Technology Southwest Launch Command Center.

After hearing the voice of the astronauts on the public channel, Gu Qing immediately responded: "This is the Southwest Command Center, this is the Southwest Command Center.

Zhou Jianwen, according to the data from the ground command center, the return capsule system and equipment of the lunar spacecraft are operating normally. Please wait for instructions and prepare to go home."

When Zhou Jianwen heard the word "home" this time, his expression was a little dazed.

The last time he wrote a will and took the initiative to sign up for a four-hour rapid landing, the commander at that time also said "go home".

And after that successful landing, he did return to his home.

With the help of the company, his parents who had cancer have long recovered, and his children and wife are all doing well.

He did have a warm time at home.

But for some reason, the more stable he lived, the more flustered he felt, and sometimes he even dreamed that he was still in the space station at midnight...

It was under the influence of this mentality that he chose to break his promise...

"Understood!"

It was still the same response as before.

On the helmet display panel in front of Zhou Jianwen, Li Ying, and Liu Genghong, such a line of subtitles had already appeared.

[Countdown to home program in 30 seconds]

"Attention all systems, this is the Southwest Launch Command Center, please pay attention to all aspects of data."

[Countdown to home program in 10 seconds]

Countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7... 3, 2, 1!

Home program, start!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhou Jianwen pressed the button to start the home program on time as before.

Ding.

Although the vacuum environment of the universe cannot transmit sound, the three Kyushu astronauts still heard the sound of the rocket working in a trance.

[Homeward program started successfully, engine array started successfully, return capsule is adjusting attitude]

[Spacecraft attitude adjustment completed, return capsule system equipment running normally]

[Sinan reminds you that the return capsule has entered return orbit]

Although Jiuzhou Technology's manned space missions have always maintained a 100% success rate, this is the last important part of the lunar mission - return.

If science and technology and industrial manufacturing capabilities accounted for the majority of the success factors in previous aerospace missions, then this time, there are many other special factors.

In Daxia Anxi, Mr. Zheng watched the lunar spacecraft on the screen turn around, saw the resolute faces of the three astronauts, saw the serious eyes of the people at Jiuzhou Technology Southwest Launch Center, and saw the lunar exploration spacecraft loaded with lunar specialties.

He did not shift his gaze, but directly opened his mouth and ordered: "Pay close attention to all aspects of the movement, increase the radar power by 20%, and all units, be ready at any time."

"Received!" The person next to him immediately saluted-responded, and began to pass on the order.

Be ready for what at any time?

A soldier is a sharp knife, and only by fighting can he stop the war.

At the same time, similar orders were issued in several other special places in Daxia.

Although Jiuzhou Technology is not Daxia Aerospace Group, and the astronauts who landed on the moon this time were not officially trained by Daxia, these three astronauts are all from the Yanhuang clan of Daxia, and that is enough.

The reporters and self-media big Vs outside the Southwest Launch Command Center of Jiuzhou Technology, as well as the corporate elites and invited users in the observation room, did not hesitate to applaud when they saw the three astronauts' decisive and resolute performance.

The global netizens who were still frantically scrolling through the comments in the live broadcast room, when they saw the lunar spacecraft and the lunar exploration spacecraft transfer their orbits one after another, also tapped their keyboards at the same time, encouraging: "Go home!"

"Fuck, I just searched for the captain of the team, he is really a real tough guy, the epoch-making record of rapid landing in four hours was completed by him."

"This is a warrior! A real living legend!"

"Damn, this is more terrible than the four-hour rapid landing challenge. The return capsule at that time returned to Daxia from the Jiuzhou Space Station, and this lunar spacecraft ran from the Blue Planet to the Moon, and then flew back to the Blue Planet from the Moon , at such a long distance, the test of the instruments and equipment in the spacecraft is not as simple as before.

If there is a problem during landing, these three astronauts may die without a burial place. ”

“I hope Jiuzhou Technology’s technology can ensure that these three astronauts can successfully return to the ground. May Chang’e bless them…”

“I was a little scared when I drove the highway home during the New Year. These three warriors went home across the planet. It’s really amazing.”

“I have a question. Did Jiuzhou Technology plan the landing location? Don’t let others go through so much hardship and finally return to the blue planet, but Jiuzhou Technology planned the wrong landing location.”

Although Gu Qing believed that there would be no problems with the spacecraft equipment and instruments, and even on the moon, various cameras and radars were constantly monitoring the surroundings to ensure that there would be no aliens or alien bugs that would sneak into the spacecraft and destroy the spacecraft equipment, he still had some uncontrollable worries in his heart.

Li Jian, one of the general commanders of Jiuzhou Science and Technology Aerospace Engineering, was also a little emotional after seeing Gu Qing's expression.

Last time Zhou Jianwen made a rapid four-hour landing, President Gu was calm and trusting, but this time, how come this old man could detect the worry in his eyes?

As for the feelings of astronaut Li Ying, not only he, a middle-aged man, knew, but many people in the company's aerospace department actually knew.

The reason why no one pointed it out was that everyone tacitly wanted to protect this sonorous rose, and at the same time, they were also thinking about whether this heroine could subdue President Gu.

As for the personal problems of their own President Gu, many people in the company were actually concerned.

The reason is very simple. After all these years of getting along, they all hope that their boss Gu can have a happy family, so that the power transfer of the company's senior management can be smoother.

It's just that their boss Gu's love line is too bumpy, or even nonexistent!

So many outstanding women have come one after another, but so far, none of them has moved this stubborn stone.

After the lunar spacecraft determined the orbit, the engine array started, and began to slowly descend to the ground of the blue planet in a spiral manner according to the predetermined motion orbit, starting from slow to fast.

Zhou Jianwen saw the motion trajectory simulated by Si Nan, with a serious expression, and a little emotion in his heart.

This trajectory is very similar to the trajectory of his rapid landing, but it takes a little longer to land.

It is obvious that the company's engineering team has carefully absorbed research data, rather than blindly pursuing something higher and faster.

After multiple upgrades, the anti-interference ability, peak computing ability, and normal computing ability of artificial intelligence and carbon-based chips have reached the peak of current technology and craftsmanship.

It can be said that if this technology is commercialized for civilian use, no ordinary commercial company on the Blue Star can withstand such an epoch-making technological blow.

Zhou Jianwen said to the team members on the voice channel: "Keep your breathing as steady as possible. The engineers have made various optimizations. Don't think too much."

Li Ying has performed many aerospace missions. After hearing this instruction, she immediately calmed down.

Although Liu Genghong has excellent physical fitness, his psychological quality is still a little behind the two.

But even so, there is no such lingering fear in his eyes.