Chapter 926: Militarization of Space, No One Gives Up

Lin Rong and Wang Ziming reported the next arrangements of Apple China at the headquarters in the United States this week.

They have no house in the United States, and naturally no car.

So they rented a car at the airport right after getting off the plane, a Ford Mondeo, which is considered a means of transportation for Americans.

They rented a high-end model, with navigation, reversing images and everything else.

After getting in the car, they used the navigation that came with the Mondeo, searched for the route, and headed towards the hotel.

It was not the first time for both of them to come to the United States, and they were very familiar with various procedures.

However, the road conditions in the United States were obviously not related to familiarity.

Except for those who often drive themselves, normal people who come to a relatively unfamiliar place must rely on navigation to accurately find the location.

At the beginning, everything was fine.

But after entering the city, Lin Rong suddenly found that the navigation seemed to have problems.

It had been walking for more than ten minutes, and the navigation did not have any new prompts.

This was obviously wrong.

However, thinking that her boss was in the car this time, Lin Rong didn't want to show that she was a novice, so she endured and continued driving for more than ten minutes.

The car navigation still didn't respond.

This time, she naturally knew that something was wrong.

After pulling over neatly, she operated the navigation again.

However, the situation was completely different from what she thought.

"Mr. Wang, the navigation of this car seems to have a problem."

Lin Rong said to Wang Ziming a little embarrassedly, "I'll try Google Maps on my phone."

Although the car navigation had a problem, the mobile phone navigation could still be used.

As soon as they got off the plane, they had already handled various operations such as changing the mobile phone card, so they didn't have to worry about the mobile phone not being able to be used.

But the situation was different this time. Lin Rong operated the Google APP on the mobile phone for a long time, but there was no response.

The software could be opened normally, but after searching for the target address, there was no response.

The only dialog box that popped up was "GPS signal is weak".

This time, they were in trouble.

Without navigation, they couldn't find the way to the hotel.

Not to mention in America, even in China, without navigation, Lin Rong would not be able to find the place.

"We are in the city, how can there be no GPS signal?"

Wang Ziming also felt very strange.

Although he didn't know where to drive now, he didn't blame Lin Rong.

After all, it wasn't her fault.

"I'll check online to see what to do in this situation."

Lin Rong took a deep breath and picked up her phone to check it nervously.

She was a little scared because she was unfamiliar with the place.

However, when she searched online, she found that this word had become a hot search word.

Not only did they encounter the problem of weak GPS signal, but a large number of people had this problem.

At this point, she roughly understood what was going on. "Mr. Wang, it seems that there is a problem with the GPS. I see that many people have encountered similar problems as us."

"But it's also very strange. This is the first time I have encountered this situation in so many years."

"I'll get off the car and ask how to get to the hotel."

As the head of sales, Lin Rong's mind is not so rigid.

Soon, she found a new solution.

However, the fact that the GPS satellite has no signal in some areas of the United States is getting bigger and bigger.

"Granfin, it has been preliminarily confirmed that this time a GPS satellite has lost its signal, resulting in the loss of GPS signals in some areas."

"From the movement in space, the biggest possibility is that a Starlink satellite of Venus Technology has approached a GPS satellite."

"Within two hours of the other party approaching, the signal of this GPS satellite disappeared."

"I guess not all of Venus Technology's Starlink satellites are communication satellites, but some are other satellites with military uses."

As a representative of the Pentagon, John quickly found out about the relevant situation.

This matter can be big or small.

What was announced to the public was that there were some minor faults with the GPS satellite, which have now been fixed.

This way, public opinion can be quickly dissipated, so as not to bring too much pressure to everyone.

But the actual reason has nothing to do with the fault.

The United States has already determined that this matter is related to Venusstar Technology.

You know, GPS is not a product of a certain company in the United States, it is a satellite navigation system directly managed by relevant departments.

It can be said that Venusstar Technology has touched the tiger's butt this time.

"We arranged a satellite to scare the Chang'e space station, and the other party directly arranged a jamming satellite to block part of our GPS signal."

"How dare they do this?"

Granfin found it difficult to accept this result.

Originally, everyone was watching the fun, how come the melon fell on their heads?

This matter is very difficult to accept.

For a long time, except for a few special organizations, no one dared to easily provoke the United States.

Now China's Venusstar Technology dared to attack GPS, which is absolutely difficult to accept.

Even if they started the matter, Granfin also thinks it is Venusstar Technology's fault.

I can bully you, but you can't fight back.

The logic of the United States is so overbearing.

"In the short term, we may have to downplay this matter, but in the next step, I think it is necessary to let the relevant departments set up a special project to develop our own jamming satellite."

"Otherwise, when there is a conflict in the future, we will be very passive."

For a long time, the power related to aerospace has been far ahead of the United States.

Especially in the layout of various satellites, the technology of the United States is absolutely top-notch.

No one will deny this.

But now this situation is slowly ushering in a relatively big challenge, which John and Griffin do not want to see.

John took the initiative to ask the relevant departments to allocate funds to study weapons such as interference satellites, and everyone's enthusiasm is naturally very high.

"Our Space Exploration Technology Company is the world's leading technology in satellite launch. I am confident that this satellite interference project will be completed as soon as possible."

Musk will naturally not miss such a good development opportunity.

Their Starlink satellite system has a large funding gap. Although there are many shareholders, no one is willing to take out money and waste it.

So if there is funding support from relevant departments, it would naturally be the best.

At this time, Musk was not as rich as later generations.

After all, Tesla's is far from being as exaggerated as later generations.

"Many satellites were previously manufactured by Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and they have a deep technical foundation in this regard."

"I don't think they will give up this project easily."

Granfin is obviously very clear about the situation of the American aerospace industry.

Although NASA's main task is to launch various spacecraft, in fact, many satellite launch missions are also related to them.

They even help companies such as Lockheed Martin to launch some commercial satellites.

When facing the outside world, these military giants can unite and face the outside world in unison.

But when there are projects internally, the competition must still be carried out.

For example, Boeing and Lockheed Martin are completely different people.

In fact, they are fighting to the death within the United States.

In this situation, only the Americans themselves are more clear.

"Boeing and Lockheed Martin are actually shareholders of SpaceX. Although they don't hold many shares, I think it is entirely possible to cooperate and start jamming satellites and other satellite weapons projects as a starting point."

"To deal with Venustech's satellites, we must still look for professionals from SpaceX."

Masco continued to talk about the advantages of his own company.

However, this kind of thing cannot be concluded now.

Venustech interfered with the signals of the US GPS satellites, causing many people to be unable to use GPS-related equipment for a period of time.

This matter naturally cannot be hidden from those who are interested.

As for Qian Junfeng, who witnessed the whole process with his own eyes, his mood at this time was even more complicated.

"Mr. Cao, after you have developed this jamming satellite, the relevant departments will probably come to you soon."

"Venustech will definitely have a few more big orders by then."

Qian Junfeng is very clear about the importance of the relevant departments to jamming satellites.

No one has done this before because they think it is not very feasible.

After all, space is too vast, and ordinary jamming equipment has no way to exert any power.

And the size of the satellite is limited, which means that the size of the jamming equipment installed on it is also relatively limited.

In this case, it will not play a big role in space.

Who knew that Venustech could come up with a unique way to make a name for itself.

That's very meaningful.

They have now proved their practicality by paralyzing a GPS satellite.

Although it only interfered for two hours and then returned to normal, it was also very remarkable.

Before this, no one could accomplish it.

"There are more and more satellites in space, and their safety is bound to be carefully considered."

"And with the advancement of various technologies, more and more things can be done on satellites."

"Especially since our next generation of 5G communications is going to be combined with Starlink satellites, the safety performance of these satellites must be considered."

"Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, the situation will be more troublesome."

Cao Yang attaches so much importance to the Starlink satellite project that he naturally needs to consider it more thoroughly.

Otherwise, if 5G communication is really done, but problems occur every now and then, it will be a big trouble.

After all, if 5G communication follows the path of Starlink satellites, then when it enters the 6G era, it is likely to go in this direction all the way.

In the future, the importance of satellites will increase.

All parties will definitely try to do something about it.

"Indeed, it seems that the laser weapon project we are working on together should be started as soon as possible."

"Only when we have the power to destroy our opponents can we truly guarantee the safety of our own satellites."

"Just like this time against GPS satellites, the United States now announced that its own system had failed, and did not dare to say that the satellite was interfered with."

Qian Junfeng is also very touched now.

This business trip to Guangzhou is really worth it.

...

Similar to Qian Junfeng's speculation, the next day Pan Jun came on behalf of the relevant departments to discuss with Cao Yang about the interference with satellite production and launch business.

Although Venustech is a Chinese enterprise, it is not an institution directly managed by the relevant departments after all, and there is no way to conveniently command various satellites.

Therefore, the relevant departments naturally have their own needs for interference with satellites.

Even this time, not only interference with satellites, but also the relevant departments of reconnaissance satellites are also ready to cooperate with Venustech.

After all, Venustech's performance in satellite technology is completely worthy of everyone's attention.

"Pan, Representative, using Venusstar 9 MAX, we can launch more powerful jamming satellites into space to meet the needs of relevant departments."

"Or go one step further, just like building a space station, divide the large jamming satellite into several parts for launch, so that the power can be much greater."

Cao Yang had already expected that the relevant departments would contact him to discuss the jamming satellite.

So he already had some plans in mind.

"We hope that our jamming satellites will still be active in the name of ordinary satellites. It is too special, and other people will be able to know its use at once."

"So the five jamming satellite cooperation projects signed in the early stage are all the kind that are launched into space at one time."

"For the subsequent combined satellite project, after your technical plan comes out, I will invite the expert team to evaluate it and see whether it will be adopted."

Pan Jun knew that the relevant departments were now anxious to launch a few satellites into space to solve the problem of whether there is one or not.

Then consider other aspects.

At this time, it must be based on the plan currently used by Venusstar Technology.

If the speed is fast enough, it can be put into use next month.

This is definitely a very attractive thing for the relevant departments of China.

"That's fine. Some of our projects are already cooperating with Aerospace Science and Technology. You can also get to know the situation with Aerospace Science and Technology."

For some sensitive things, it is definitely more appropriate to let Aerospace Science and Technology take the lead.

After all, they are of good origin.

In this regard, Cao Yang does not feel that he is doing the wedding dress for others.

Anyway, Aerospace Science and Technology will not get Venus Technology for free.

At that time, the parts procurement fee that should be collected will not be less than a penny.

Now many products of Aerospace Science and Technology, not only high-end carbon fiber is purchased from Nanshan Carbon Fiber, but also many parts are purchased from Nanshan-related companies.

So as long as Cao Yang wants to make money, there are many ways.

This is not an emergency, and it is definitely not possible to always work at a loss.

You must make money where you should make money, so that the project can become sustainable.

The trend of space militarization is definitely not something that anyone can change whether they want it or not.

The main institutions must know about the battle between Venus Technology and the United States in space in the past two days.

It's just that ordinary people don't know.

Realizing the importance of satellite safety, Polar Bear must show its strength.

Otherwise, they are also worried that their satellites will be suddenly hit by other products when they are flying in orbit in the future.

Or they will be interfered by other people's products.

No matter which one, it is not what they want to see.

So Polar Bear also took some actions soon.

"Dmitri, the relevant departments have given instructions, requiring us to arrange a missile to hit a satellite test in the next few months."

"We want to let the United States and China know that we are also the world's leading in destroying satellites."

"Only in this way can we ensure that our satellites in orbit are in a safe and reliable state."

Grogin called Dmitri to his office early in the morning and instructed him on an important matter.

As the epitome of the polar bear aerospace industry, the United Rocket and Space Corporation has undertaken many missile and spacecraft research and development tasks.

For example, the anti-satellite missile project is what they are doing.

Based on the original intercontinental ballistic missile, with appropriate changes, it is natural to quickly develop a missile to deal with satellites.

However, it seems that there is no difficulty in the technical direction, but it is not so easy to implement in practice.

Because general intercontinental ballistic missiles, because they have to consider carrying nuclear warheads when they are actually used, the accuracy requirements are actually not that high.

You said that the accuracy of products carrying nuclear warheads is 100 meters and 200 meters, what is the difference?

But if it is used to hit satellites, the situation is different.

Generally speaking, the size of most satellites in space is only a dozen meters, at most a few dozen meters.

In this case, if your missile is not accurate enough, there is no way to hit it accurately.

And all space tests will be observed by other countries.

If you don't hit it accurately, then the idea of ​​showing off your muscles will become a joke.

However, the polar bear is still very strong in this regard.

Just relying on the old capital, they can continue to maintain their leading position in the world.

It has to be said that the polar bear's old capital is really too deep.

"There is no big problem in launching the test, but our missile plan is to explode directly near the satellite, so as to destroy the satellite through the missile fragments."

"In this case, a lot of space debris will be generated."

"The number of satellites on various orbits now is much more than in previous years."

"Our fragments may bring danger to other aircraft if we are not careful."

Dmitri expressed his concerns.

As an anti-satellite missile, there are several technical directions now.

The one used by the polar bear must be one of them, and it is also a relatively simple and crude solution.

This solution does not require the accuracy of the missile to be so high. After all, as long as some of the fragments hit the satellite, a good effect can be achieved.

Another way is to use the kinetic energy of the missile itself to hit the satellite.

Hitting the satellite at such a high speed can definitely destroy the satellite, thereby achieving the desired purpose.

Compared with the polar bear's solution, this solution will produce less debris, and the threat to other aircraft will naturally be smaller.

However, this solution has relatively high technical requirements for missiles. If it flies away accidentally, it will be embarrassing.

"As long as we don't damage our own satellites, we can't care so much about the rest."

"There is a lot of garbage in space, and not all of it is caused by us."

Grogin only cares about whether he can complete the task assigned by his superiors.

As for whether he will bring any danger to other people in the process of completing this task, he can't care so much.

In his opinion, the first thing he needs to consider is the position under his buttocks.

He can't care so much about the safety of other countries.

"If that's the case, then arranging drills in the next few months will definitely not be a problem."

"It just so happens that one of our satellites has been scrapped this year, and we can use it as a test satellite at that time."

Dmitri did not dwell on anything.

To a certain extent, his idea is actually the same as Grogin's.

The reason why he just brought it up is to make the risks clear in advance, so as to avoid being blamed by others.

The polar bears can quickly take some countermeasures to the changes in the situation, but other countries cannot.

So far, only these three companies have the strength in this regard.

However, although many countries cannot take any countermeasures, they will not sit idly by.

For example, the European Space Agency naturally thought about whether to take a good look at the joke of Venusstar Technology so that they can lower the price in future cooperation negotiations.

However, before they finished watching the excitement, the situation had changed.

Venusstar Technology was so powerful that it directly interfered with the GPS satellite.

Although it is not known whether it was a technical problem or mercy, only one satellite's communication was affected for two hours.

But this has actually caused a great shock to some people.

China has never really threatened the United States in the field of space, but now it has actually affected your satellite.

As an insider, the European Space Agency will naturally not change at all.

"Joseph, please arrange for us to go to China next month and have a good exchange with Venus Technology."

Since Venus Technology is so strong that it dares to fight against the United States.

In this case, the attitude of the European Space Agency will naturally change.

By then, there will probably be many institutions that want to cooperate with Venus Technology.

If the European Space Agency does not finalize the cooperation as soon as possible, it is unknown when it will be able to send its astronauts to the Chang'e space station.

"It is indeed necessary to communicate with the other party and finalize the details of the subsequent cooperation as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, the price and conditions of cooperation with Venus Technology may begin to change."

Joseph can naturally understand why Werner suddenly made this request to him now.

The situation is changing, and their response plan naturally needs to change.