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Chapter 717 A Galactic Network of 5.6 Satellites! A Satellite Power Grid! The Reappearance of the Super Dollar!
In a meeting room on the second floor of the Yunkun Aerospace R&D Center in Yanjing.

"Welcome to Yunkun."

Chen Yansen slowly stood up, grasped Simon Payne's right hand, and said with a slight smile.

Yesterday afternoon, after a day of careful consideration, Lin Maoye finally decided to stay at Yunkun Aerospace Technology Company.

Simon, the former president of the brand department at Inmarsat Aerospace, decided to join the company after only a half-hour conversation with Chen Yansen.

For Simon, both Yunkun's plan for a network of 5.6 communication satellites and the idea of ​​transmitting electricity via electromagnetic waves between space and ground sounded like science fiction.

However, through in-depth communication with Chen Yansen, he also clearly realized that the other party was not just talking; Yun Kun had already mastered some of the technological foundations that supported this concept.

Although he did not propose this grand space concept, being able to personally participate in such a project is something to be proud of.

Simon held Chen Yansen's hand, a look of admiration flashing in his eyes.

Although the man in front of him was an Asian businessman, the man's precise business planning and keen judgment of market trends had already completely impressed him.

He released his grip, picked up a document from the side, and said with a smile, "This is an operational plan I prepared in advance. Although it may not be able to fully meet Yun Kun's current needs, the logical framework for public communication of aerospace companies in the plan may provide some reference for the company's satellite network project."

Chen Yansen took the folder, then suddenly looked up and smiled. It was obvious that the other person was an impatient person.

He didn't refuse, quickly glanced at a few pages of the document, and then said, "We need to meet with the technical evaluation team of the Aerospace Association at 2 PM this afternoon. Go and settle in first, and be at the company before 1:30 PM. You can also take a look at the 'Galaxy Matrix' simulation system while you're at it."

Milky Way?

Simon immediately understood.

Once this network is built, people in Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, or even on the high seas or deserted islands will be able to connect to the internet without barriers and communicate with netizens around the world.

“Okay, boss!” Simon readily changed his tune.

Besides Yunkun Aerospace's forward-thinking vision, Chen Yansen also offered him a good salary, which was a full 37% higher than his total annual salary at Inmarsat.

He was happy to do things for a wealthy and generous boss.

At 1:20 p.m., Simon arrived at the conference hall ten minutes early.

Several engineers were working around the control panel, debugging the equipment. A three-dimensional model of the Earth was displayed on a huge circular screen.

When Chen Yansen saw him arrive, he smiled and waved: "You've come at the right time. Let Engineer Liao demonstrate the simulated operation of the 'Galaxy Matrix' for you first. This is Lin Maoye, CEO of Yunkun Aerospace, and this is Liao Shizhe, senior chief designer of the power department."

"Hello, Mr. Eddie! Hello, Mr. Liao!"

Upon hearing this, Simon greeted him politely.

Eddie is Lin Maoye's French name. Simon has been deeply involved in the European aerospace field for many years and is already familiar with Lin Maoye.

He had met the other party more than once before, at industry conferences and the headquarters of the European Space Association.

Hello, Simon!

Lin Maoye smiled faintly.

He had heard of Simon before; he was the president of Inmarsat's business division, and not only did he have extensive connections and a strong background, but his abilities were also not to be underestimated.

He is responsible for 40% of Inmarsat's private launch business, making him a well-known sales expert in the industry.

What's even more remarkable is that this person was a professor at Cambridge University in his early years, with research fields covering multiple areas such as materials science and nanotechnology. He is both technically and commercially savvy, making him a rare and highly sought-after multi-talented individual.

Thinking of this, Lin Maoye couldn't help but glance at Chen Yansen, secretly surprised: How could such a top talent have been poached by him?
But he was completely unaware that his status in the aerospace field was actually much higher than Simon's.

Since even he himself chose to join Yun Kun, it's not surprising that Simon would be attracted to him as well.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Liao Shizhe dragged the mouse and clicked the screen. Suddenly, countless silver dots lit up on the model in the picture, like diamonds scattered on black velvet.

The points of light instantly connected to form a three-dimensional network, covering every corner from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica.

Pointing to a cluster of lights in the sky above South America, he explained, "This is our planned satellite-dense area over the equator, which will provide stable communications for the Amazon rainforest region and meet the network needs of local scientific expeditions and indigenous people."

Simon leaned closer to the screen, his gaze falling on the points of light in the sky above the Sahara Desert in Africa.

He suddenly remembered that when he went to Kenya for research last year, local herders were still using satellite phones to contact the outside world, and the call quality was sometimes good and sometimes bad.

"If the 'Galaxy Matrix' is built, how much will network latency be reduced?" he couldn't help but ask.

“Currently, the simulation data is within 15 milliseconds,” Chen Yansen continued, “Laser communication technology can achieve high-speed data transmission between satellites. With the optimization of ground receiving stations, it can fully meet basic needs such as video calls and online office work. However, the specific parameters will have to wait until the actual product is made before we can determine them.”

As everyone should know, there is a huge gap between the parameters in the laboratory and the performance in real-world applications.

Take lithium-sulfur batteries as an example. Battery research and development laboratories in Europe and the United States can achieve a battery energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram under ideal conditions such as fixed temperature.

However, in practical applications, the energy density can only reach a maximum of 300 watt-hours, and the cycle life is only about 200 cycles. It may seem similar to the first-generation Deep Blue battery, but in reality, it is vastly different.

In other words, the gap between laboratory data and real-world applications is often much larger than imagined.

Take Huaxin International for example. Two years ago, it claimed that it could manufacture 28-nanometer chips, but it fell silent when mass production was mentioned later.

“The boss is right! I’ve worked on low-Earth orbit satellite projects at the European Space Agency, and I know best the gap between ideal parameters and practical applications.”

For example, in a satellite attitude control system, positioning accuracy can be controlled to within 0.1 degrees in the laboratory. However, considering solar radiation and space debris impacts in space, the actual on-orbit accuracy may need to be relaxed to 0.5 degrees, and redundancy design must be reserved.

Lin Maoye nodded.

After listening, Chen Yansen added: "So what we need to do now is to incorporate these gaps into the planning in advance. Take the space-to-ground energy transmission system as an example, well, let's just call it the satellite power grid, it sounds better."

The electromagnetic coupling efficiency measured in the lab can reach 45%, but in our simulation system, we specifically designed the network coverage to meet the lower limit of 38% to proactively address potential real-world issues such as atmospheric disturbances and cloud/rain obstruction.

The core motivation behind Chen Yansen's founding of Yunkun Aerospace was the development of the Galaxy Network and satellite power grid.

The former is responsible for building and controlling the global communication network, while the latter focuses on realizing long-distance power transmission.

However, at present, he only has one seemingly feasible plan, and there is still a great deal of uncertainty as to whether it can be successfully implemented.

However, this approach has proven extremely effective in attracting talents like Lin Maoye and Simon to join the company.

He publicly disclosed the plans for Galaxy Network.

However, the concept of a satellite power grid is a top secret, and currently only a few key figures, including Han Jinheng, Lin Maoye, Simon, and Liao Shizhe, know about it.

Because satellite power grid technology is directly related to the energy industry, as long as key technological breakthroughs are achieved, intercontinental power transmission business can be carried out.

Its core principle is not complicated: first, multiple energy hub satellites are deployed in low Earth orbit, and microwave generators are used to convert electrical energy into microwaves of a specific frequency, which are then transmitted to the power grid satellites, and then relayed to the ground by the power grid satellites.

The entire process takes a very short time, enough to cover a spatial range of thousands of kilometers.

It is equivalent to a global wireless energy matrix, which can realize the transmission of power between any two points through satellite networks.

Therefore, it is not hard to imagine that if the outside world knew about the satellite power grid technology, Yunkun Aerospace would inevitably face unimaginable suppression.

After all, the electricity industry is an industry with an annual output value of over 10 trillion yuan. Even if you get involved in some illicit activities, you can still make a fortune.

However, the vested interests currently entrenched in the electricity market will not allow Chen Yansen to jump out and disrupt things, and to take a share of the pie again.

at the same time.

The latest episode of "Face to Face" has garnered considerable attention since its broadcast.

In the footage, Chen Yansen is seen sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, talking animatedly.

What shocked netizens the most was that he publicly proposed sending base stations into space to create a communication system called "Galaxy Network" to connect the world!
Less than an hour after the program aired, topics such as "space base station" and "galactic network" seemed to be accelerated, quickly rising to the top of the trending search lists on major social media platforms.

On Weibo, the related topic garnered over 5000 million views and more than 200 million discussions in just two hours.

On Douyin and Kuaishou, the related videos quickly garnered over 1 million views.

However, opinions in the comments section were polarized.

Some blindly support it, while others raise questions: "5.6 satellites, how much would that cost? The launch and maintenance costs are astronomical. Does Yunkun Aerospace have that kind of capability?"

However, most netizens believe that near-Earth orbit resources are extremely scarce, and Chen Yansen's founding of Yunkun Aerospace and his proposal of the "Galaxy Network" plan seem more like a smokescreen.

They believe that Yunkun Aerospace is actually a front for the central government, and its real core objective is to compete for limited near-Earth orbit resources.

Interestingly, the European and American countries that received the news shared the same thoughts.

They immediately lodged a protest, accusing Yunkun Aerospace of deploying satellites in low Earth orbit, which they said was tantamount to releasing 5.6 pieces of space debris and would have a serious impact on the space safety of all mankind.

But Sun Huajun, the head of the Foreign Affairs Association, completely ignored these people!
at the same time.

In a bank in New York, across the ocean in the United States, an employee named Wesley held several hundred-dollar bills, a strange feeling welling up inside him.

These banknotes were examined one by one, from the watermark and security thread to the microtext and ink, and no problems were found.

But having counted banknotes for over twenty years, his hands had developed an instinctive sensitivity to the touch and texture of paper money, and he always felt that something was off about the few bills in front of him.

"Can you hurry up? Don't waste my time!"

Outside the window, a bald, middle-aged man suddenly slammed his hand on the table, his tone impatient and urging.

Wesley frowned, but ultimately accepted the wad of US dollars as usual and processed the remittance.

(End of this chapter)